Livingstone, D.

Japanese: Livingstone,D.(英語表記)LivingstoneD
Livingstone, D.

…British African explorer. He is a typical explorer of Britain's relationship with Africa during the post-Industrial Revolution era under Queen Victoria. Born into a poor working family in Scotland, on the periphery of Britain (cotton mill workers, the offspring of the Industrial Revolution), he became a medical missionary under the influence of his hardworking and devout Christian parents. He initially aspired to go to China, but gave up due to the Opium Wars, and was assigned to South Africa from 1841 to 1849 as a medical missionary sent by the London Missionary Society. …

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Japanese:

…イギリスのアフリカ探検家。産業革命後のビクトリア女王時代のイギリスとアフリカのかかわりを典型的に示す探検家といえる。イギリスの周縁部であるスコットランドの貧しい労働者(産業革命の落し子である綿紡績工場の労働者)の家庭に生まれ,勤勉で敬虔なキリスト教徒だった両親の影響で医療宣教師となった。初め中国行きを志したがアヘン戦争であきらめ,ロンドン伝道協会派遣の医療宣教師として,1841‐49年南アフリカに赴任した。…

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