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1841 – 1904Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)Died 10 May 1904, aged 63Sir Henry Morton Stanley, the Welsh-American journalist and explorer, died in London. He gained worldwide fame for locating the missionary David Livingstone in central Africa in 1871, reportedly greeting him with the words "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" His later expeditions helped open central Africa to European colonization, including work for King Leopold II of Belgium in the Congo.