Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Photocopy of letter, 1856, of David Livingstone.
File
Identifier: Acc.11642
Scope and Contents
Letter concerns a debt owed to the recipient`s (identified only as Welsh) brother. Includes a summary of interview, 1948, by Michael Kittermaster with Alumana, a headman in Zambia, on his meeting with Livingstone in 1873.
Dates:
1856 and 1948.
Printed material and newspaper cuttings., 1858-1922, 1929, 1932, 1959, 1973.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/51-54
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers of Sir John Kirk GCMG KCB (1832-1922), physician, administrator, naturalist, photographer, and Lady Kirk, née Helen Cooke (d.1914).John Kirk was born at Barry in Forfarshire in 1832. After qualifying as a doctor in 1854, he volunteered for medical service in the Crimea and subsequently became Dr. David Livingstone's chief assistant on his second Zambesi Expedition, 1858-1863. In 1866 Kirk was appointed Medical Officer and Vice-Consul of Zanzibar. He became Assistant...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1858-1922, 1929, 1932, 1959, 1973.
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