He was born in scotland.his father was not rich and so after a year or two in the village school young david was sent to a factory.there he began work at six o clock in the morning and finished at eight in the evening. david had little money,but he bought some school-books and every night he studied differnt subjects. when he was nineteen, he began to study at a university.he was learning to be a doctor. in 1840 livingstone went to africa.soon he began journeys into new lands .during these journeys he decided that the work of a doctor was very important im africa.