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12 unusual facts about Livingstone


Chizongwe Secondary School

Between 1966 and 1980 it was amongst the top five secondary schools in Zambia together with Munali (Lusaka), Linda High School (Livingstone), David Kaunda (Lusaka) and Luanshya Boys (Luanshya) and is till these days considered a school of excellence.

Ducere Foundation

Currently the Ducere Orphanage Program operates in Livingstone, Zambia.

Godfrey Wilson

By 1936, the two began to work together in their studies, by then living in Livingstone.

Kafue Railway Bridge

The Kafue Railway Bridge was built to carry the Livingstone to Lusaka railway line in what is now Zambia over the Kafue River in 1906.

Killer ape theory

Another obvious evidence would be the rejection of Dart’s thesis by a scientific convention at Livingstone (Zambia, South-Africa), what led Ardrey into writing his book African Genesis.

Livingstone Airfield

The airfield was named after Lieutenant Livingstone of 9th Fighter Squadron of the 49th Fighter Group who was killed as result of friendly fire when he was hit by Australian anti-aircraft guns during a Japanese air raid near Cox Peninsula, Darwin, Northern Territory in 4 April 1942.

Livingstone, Zambia

In front of the museum there is a statue to him, as well as to Czech ethnographer Emil Holub, erected in 2005.

Livingstone's Turaco

By appearances and behaviour it has much in common with the Knysna Turaco of South Africa, and Schalow's Turaco which replaces it on the plateau regions to the west of its range.

The Livingstone's Turaco (Tauraco livingstonii) is a species of bird in the Musophagidae family, which was named for Charles Livingstone, the brother of David Livingstone.

Palmietfontein Airport

On 15 September 1952, a South African Airways Douglas C-47A-30-DL(DC-3) ZS-AVI with 19 occupants was written off when they landed at Carolina after becoming lost on a flight from Livingstone, Zambia to Palmietfontein.

Schalow's Turaco

It is replaced in the eastern lowlands by Livingstone's Turaco, which is comparable in appearance and behaviour.

Victoria Falls Bridge

As the river is the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, the bridge links the two countries and has border posts on the approaches to both ends, at the towns of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Livingstone, Zambia.


Adelaide Livingstone

Dame Adelaide Stickney Lord Livingstone, DBE (died 1970) was responsible for organising the Peace Ballot in 1934-35 to gauge the British public's sentiment in the winds of upcoming war with a rearming and aggressive Germany led by Adolf Hitler.

Alexander Livingstone Bruce

Amy died in 1927, and they had one child, a daughter Diana Livingstone Bruce (born 1927), who in 1963 married the American visual effects creator and producer Ray Harryhausen.

Arnold Wienholt Hodson

One of his journeys, in 1906, was made in the company of Sir Ralph Williams, Resident Commissioner, and was from Serowe to Livingstone and the Victoria Falls via Lake Ngami.

Beauchamp Middle School

Most of Beauchamp's pupils come from Scott Lower School and Brickhill Lower School in Brickhill, and Edith Cavell Lower School and Livingstone Lower School in Harpur.

Beulah Livingstone

Using the name Beulah Livingstone, she transitioned into theatrical publicity, doing publicity work for Lou Tellegen, Anna Pavlova, Irene Castle, David Belasco and other theatrical stars and producers.

Botswana Railways

The line was envisaged as running south-westwards from Livingstone, crossing the Zambesi, then continuing to a junction with the existing BR tracks at Mosetse.

C. Livingstone

Two newly discovered plants of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Aidia livingstonii Karthig et al. and Liparis livingstonii Jayanthi et al. are named in honour of Livingstone for his contributions to plant taxonomy.

Christianity in Malawi

Livingstone's famous appeal, made at a great meeting in the Senate House at Cambridge on December 4, 1857 led to the founding of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA), and the first missionary expedition of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa arrived in Malawi in 1861.

Congo River, Beyond Darkness

All along its 4371 km, we discover places that have seen the turbulent history of this country, while archives remind us of the mythological figures that created its destiny: explorers such as Livingstone and Stanley, the colonial kings Léopold II and Baudouin I and leaders such as Lumumba, Mobutu and Kabila.

Daniel A. Livingstone

Daniel A. Livingstone is the James B Duke Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, in the Department of Biology at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Dr. Livingstone, I presume

"Dr Livingstone, I Presume" was primarily written about Dr. David Livingstone.

Eddie Livingstone

Livingstone also offered to take goaltender Clint Benedict for Denneny, but that offer was also rejected by Ottawa.

Frank B. Livingstone

Livingstone was born in Winchester, Massachusetts to Guy P. Livingstone and Margery Brown Livingstone.

Greater London Council leadership of Ken Livingstone

A socialist, Livingstone's administration advocated measures to improve the lives of disadvantaged minorities within London, including women, the disabled, homosexuals and ethnic minorities, who together made up a sizeable percentage of the city's population; what Reg Race called "the Rainbow Coalition".

James Livingstone, 1st Viscount Kilsyth

James Livingstone married Eupheme, daughter of Sir Robert Cunningham of Robertland.

John Bullock

On 4 September 1439, Bishop Bullock appended his seal to the contract between Joan Beaufort, Queen Dowager, and Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar, a contract that made Livingstone guardian of the boy king, James II of Scotland.

John Pendleton King

He married Mary Louise Woodward, daughter of John Woodward and wife Harriet Bixby, and had at least two daughters: Grace Sterling King, married to John McPherson Berrien Connelly and had issue, and Mary Livingstone King, married to Henry Paget, 4th Marquess of Anglesey (1835–1898).

Katy Livingston

In December 2011, Livingstone was one of 12 British female sporting celebrities who posed for Clara Maidment a charity calendar in aid of Wellbeing of Women, in the lingerie of Nichole de Carle, wearing jewellry by Salima Hughes and Coster Diamonds.

Kinga people

The Kinga are an ethnic and linguistic group from Njombe Region, Tanzania, in the great Kipengere Range (formerly known as Livingstone Mountains) northeast of Lake Malawi.

Livingstone Tower

Games developer Chris Sawyer, an alumnus of the University of Strathclyde, based one of the skyscraper sprites appearing in the computer game Transport Tycoon on Livingstone Tower.

London Video Arts

The idea for London Video Arts (LVA) was initiated by David Hall and founded in summer 1976 by a group of video artists including Roger Barnard, David Critchley, Tamara Krikorian, Brian Hoey, Pete Livingstone, Stuart Marshall, Stephen Partridge, John Turpie and Hall.

Lusaka–Livingstone road

The Lusaka–Livingstone Road or Livingstone Road is the main highway of the Southern Province of Zambia from the capital, Lusaka, to the principal tourist destination, Livingstone, Southern Africa.

Mulobezi Railway

The Mulobezi Railway (once known as the Zambezi Sawmills Railway) was constructed to carry timber from Mulobezi to Livingstone in the Southern Province of Zambia, when the country was Northern Rhodesia.

Opera Soft

Founded in 1987, the company obtained success with its premiere title Livingstone, supongo (Livingstone, I Presume), based on the famous 19th-century explorer Dr. Livingstone.

Ryan Zinke

He was the running mate of Montana gubernatorial candidate Neil Livingstone in 2012.

Sonia Livingstone

Sonia Livingstone served as President of the International Communication Association from 2007 to 2008 and she continues to serve on the executive committee.

The Just Us

They also recruited a new singer, former Mynah Birds singer Jimmy Livingstone (born 28 February 1938), who Neilson had befriended in Long & McQuade’s music store where he worked in the backroom as an amplifier and guitar repairman.

Toni Dalli

Here he was spotted by Mr. Livingstone and Rob Goldstein (from 20th Century Fox) who told him that he must leave Yorkshire and go to London.

Transport for London

Livingstone and Wetzel remained in office until the election of Boris Johnson as Mayor in 2008.

Transport in Zambia

Livingstone-Sesheke Road — Livingstone-Mambova (-BOTSWANA)-Sesheke-NAMIBIA Road / Kazungula Ferry (Zambezi, planned to be replaced by a bridge) to Botswana, Katima Mulilo Bridge (Zambezi) to Namibia.

Waimate Branch

One of the proposals for the Otago Central Railway was to build a line from Oamaru to Naseby, and in 1877 an invitation was extended to the Waimate County Council to partake in a plan to connect Waimate to the Oamaru-Naseby line in either Duntroon or Livingstone and thus establish a through route from Central Otago to Canterbury.

William Barry Lord

Guides to travelling featuring useful hints were quite fashionable at the time when Livingstone, Speke, Burton and Stanley were household names.

William Frederick Webb

Mr Webb spent much time in Africa with his good friends Captain Codrington and famous explorer Dr Livingstone, hunting big game.

World Land Trust

Other high profile supporters of the Trust have included Ken Livingstone, David Bellamy, Bill Oddie, Frank Thornton, Simon Barnes and Mark Carwardine .

You Rang, M'Lord?

Henry Livingstone (Perry Benson) Bootboy – Henry was abandoned as a child in a basket on the steps of the Livingston Road Orphanage, in which institution he remained until the age of 14, when he was taken into the Meldrum house as bootboy.