Dr Livingstone, I presume? by Fred255
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The grave of Sir Henry Morton Stanley in St Michael's Church ~ Pirbright
In 1867 Stanley became special correspondent for the New York Herald. Two years later he was commissioned by the paper to go to Africa and search for Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone, of whom little had been heard since 1866 when he had set off to search for the source of the Nile. Stanley reached Zanzibar in January 1871 and proceeded to Lake Tanganyika, Livingstone's last known location. There in November 1871 he found the sick explorer, greeting him with the famous words 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?'
Taken on a walk with Clare yesterday.
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Comments (14)
MrsLubner
Here's a kicker for ya. My mother (adopted one) was the great something or other neice of Dr. Livingstone (I presume) and I have a long family history "bible" done by a hired professional to prove it. LOL In my father's family (adopted again) I have a great, great Uncle Charles who claims to have been an African explorer who met up with Livingstone in his "big game adventures." Of course, Uncle Charles, in his 90s, was totally batty but he could sure gather the family for some great tales about his travels through darkest Africa. LOL He died with is pith helmet on. Yup. Batty. LOL I loved this shot because I've never seen the grave or stone before. Cool shot.
Staticon
Oddly enough, I have a cat called Stanley - he's sleeping on my lap as I type. :-D Anyhow, back to the plot. Nice shot and interesting accompanying text. MrsLubner, your great, great Uncle sounds like he was a bit of a character. Sadly, I'm not aware of anyone famous in my family though there have been a few characters. :-) Though my Maternal Grandfather operated the moving spotlight at the Palace Theater in Reading many years ago.
PD154
Interesting stuff, can I put my claims to fame in?...My mothers maiden name is Wild, we traced the genetic history of the family and she has direct links with Oscar Wilde, the family dropped the letter 'E' because of Wilde's gay connections, in those days, being a homosexual was a direct hush hush...When I Married a girl Named Anita Beverley Dickens, I found out that her bloodline was Charles Dickens, and all of this is true, no BS, as god is my witness, but the most amusing thing to come out of all this, is the fact that I have existed betwixed and between two literary families, and am a dyslexic, LOL!...well enough of this banter Ronnie. On to the image, I like the POV and again the superb details and textures you bought out here David, very nice indeed.
billcody
Interesting historic place, and a good photo, too, of course! Thanks for sharing and your information. Very helpful for strangers like me.
THROBBE
Nice shot and background info!
babuci
Wonderful old stone and a great story.
rainbows
Wonderful find and capture. Had great fun reading the above comments. Hugs. Spider. xx
bmac62
First and foremost, excellent photo. The textures are so real I can feel them. Secondly, the historical note is very interesting...somewhere in my childhood, my grandmother told me about Stanley and Livingstone and I've known the famous greeting in your title ever since.
Buffalo1
Great tombstone shot of this famous guy. He went on to explore the Congo River, if memory serves. As far as I know, I am not related to anyone famous!
deweygg
Great photo and story. I had the chance to visit Zambia and Zimbabwe a while back and Livingstone has become a hero of mine ever since. Thanks for sharing!
CavalierLady
Fascinating to see this bit of history and where this famous explorer was laid to rest!
sema_fox
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mss
Have you ever read "Into Africa"? This picture reminds me of the book, which explains these two men and their motivations and journeys in great detail. If my memory, which is very bad, is correct, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" was never really said... a line made up for the newspapers or something. At any rate, I really like how you made your signature part of the landscape!
lucindawind
nice shot ... great textures!