David Livingstone
/ˌdeɪvɪd ˈlɪvɪŋstən/
/ˌdeɪvɪd ˈlɪvɪŋstən/
- (1813-73) a Scottish explorer and missionary (= person sent to teach the Christian religion). He became famous through his travels in Africa, and was the first European to see the Victoria Falls in 1855. In the late 1860s he was thought to be lost while trying to find the source of the River Nile. The journalist Henry Morton Stanley went to look for him and found him at Ujiji in 1871. Livingstone died in Africa but his body was brought back to England and buried in Westminster Abbey.
大卫·利文斯通（David Livingstone）：（1813-73）苏格兰探险家和传教士。他因在非洲旅行而出名，并且是1855年第一个看到维多利亚瀑布的欧洲人。在1860年代后期，他在试图寻找尼罗河的发源地时被认为迷路了。记者亨利·莫顿·斯坦利（Henry Morton Stanley）于1871年在乌吉吉去寻找他。利文斯通死于非洲，但他的遗体被带回英格兰，并埋葬在威斯敏斯特大教堂。