Editing David Livingstone (section)

==Legacy==
By the late 1860s Livingstone's reputation in Europe had suffered owing to the failure of the missions he set up, and of the Zambezi Expedition; and his ideas about the source of the Nile were not supported. His expeditions were hardly models of order and organisation. His reputation was rehabilitated by Stanley and his newspaper,<ref name="Holmes" /> and by the loyalty of Livingstone's servants whose long journey with his body inspired wonder. The publication of his last journal revealed stubborn determination in the face of suffering.<ref name="Blaikie" />

In 1860, the [[Universities' Mission to Central Africa]] was founded at his request. Many important missionaries, such as [[Leader Stirling]] and [[Miss Annie Allen]], would later work for this group. This group and the medical missionaries it sponsored came to have major, positive impact on the people of Africa.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stirling|first=Leader |title=Tanzanian Doctor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vNevAwAAQBAJ|year=1977|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|location=Montreal|isbn=978-0-7735-9393-0|author-link=Leader Stirling}}</ref>

Livingstone made geographical discoveries for European knowledge. He inspired abolitionists of the slave trade, explorers, and missionaries. He opened up Central Africa to missionaries who initiated the education and healthcare for Africans, and trade by the [[African Lakes Company]]. He was held in some esteem by many African chiefs and local people and his name facilitated relations between them and the British.<ref name="Blaikie" />

[[File:David Livingstone statue, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.jpg|thumb|[[Statue of David Livingstone, Edinburgh|Livingstone statue]], Edinburgh by [[Amelia Robertson Hill]]]]
Partly as a result, within 50 years of his death, colonial rule was established in Africa, and white settlement was encouraged to extend further into the interior. However, what Livingstone envisaged for "colonies" was not what we now know as colonial rule, but rather settlements of dedicated Christian Europeans who would live among the people to help them work out ways of living that did not involve slavery.<ref name="Tomkins 2013a" /> Livingstone was part of an evangelical and nonconformist movement in Britain which during the 19th century helped change the national mindset from the notion of a divine right to rule 'lesser races', to more modernly ethical ideas in foreign policy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barnett|first=Correlli |title=The Audit of War: The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39a0AAAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-333-35376-9}}</ref>

The [[David Livingstone Centre]] in Blantyre celebrates his life and is based in the house in which he was born, on the site of the mill in which he started his working life. His Christian faith is evident in his journal, in which one entry reads: "I place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. If anything will advance the interests of the kingdom, it shall be given away or kept, only as by giving or keeping it I shall promote the glory of Him to whom I owe all my hopes in time and eternity."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Neill|first1=Stephen |last2=Chadwick|first2=Owen |title=A History of Christian Missions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zT5cRAAACAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-013763-7|page=315}}</ref>

According to Alvyn Austin in 1997:<ref>Alvyn Austin,  "Discovering Livingstone" ''Christian History'' (1997) 16#4 pp 10–19.</ref>
<blockquote>During the anti-colonial 1960s, Livingstone was debunked: he made only one certified convert, who later backslid; he explored few areas not already traveled by others; he freed few slaves; he treated his colleagues horribly; he traveled with Arab slave traders; his family life was in shambles—in short, to many he embodied the "White Man's Burden" mentality. Nonetheless, at a time when countries are being renamed and statues are being toppled, Livingstone has not fallen. Despite modern Africans' animosity toward other Europeans, such as Cecil Rhodes, Livingstone endures as a heroic legend. Rhodesia has long since purged its name, but the cities of Livingstone (Zambia) and Livingstonia (Malawi) keep the explorer's appellation with pride.</blockquote>

In 2002, David Livingstone was ranked 98th among the [[100 Greatest Britons]] following a UK-wide vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/greatbritons/list.shtml/ |title=The Top 100 Great Britons |access-date=19 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021204214727/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/greatbritons/list.shtml/ |archive-date=4 December 2002 |url-status=dead | work = BBC | date= 2002}}</ref>