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Centenary of Dr Livingstone Celebrated in Britain
The one hundredth anniversary of Dr David Livingstone's birth was observed across the United Kingdom with meetings in London Glasgow and Edinburgh. London events included a Royal Geographical Society session a Free Church service and a Royal Albert Hall demonstration with speakers Lord Balfour Sir Harry Johnstone Dr Wardlaw Thompson and Sir John Kirk. The life of the missionary explorer is highlighted from factory beginnings to his work against the slave trade and his travels across Africa ending near Lake Bangweo.
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London
David Livingstone
United Kingdom
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Royal Geographical Society
New Wesleyan Hall
Westminster
Royal Albert Hall
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
Harry Johnstone
Wardlaw Thompson
London Missionary Society
Sir John Kirk
Livingstone
Dr. Livingstone
Jed Clyde
Blantrye
Lanarkshire
Scotland
University of Glasgow
Africa
Zambesi
England
Central Africa
Congo
Quilimane
Lake Nyassa
Henry M. Stanley
Stanley
Lake Bangweoli