David Livingstone

circa 1853: Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813 - 1873) who was born in Blantyre. Livingstone first visited Africa as a missionary where he visited fellow Scot Robert Moffat, and married his daughter. He began exploring Africa with his wife, and later with his children too, becoming the first European to see sights such as Victoria Falls. He resigned from the Missionary Society but was appointed British consul for East Africa and led many expeditions to explore east and central Africa including a lengthy journey into the interior where he met a search party, looking for him, led by Morton Stanley. They became friends and travelled together before Livingstone's death in Zambia in 1873. His heart was buried at the spot where he died and his remains were buried in Westminster Abbey. His explorations revolutionised maps of Africa and he also campaigned for the abolition of slavery. (Photo by John Jabez Edwin Mayall/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)