Jacob Wainwright

Jacob Wainwright
Illustration of porters carrying Livingstone's body
Born
Yamuza

c. 1859
Near Lake Nyasa/Malawi
(modern Malawi?)
DiedApril 1892 (age about 33)
Urambo District, German East Africa
(modern Tanzania)
Occupation(s)porter, servant, interpreter, teacher
Known forAssociation with David Livingstone

Jacob Wainwright (born Yamuza;[1] c. 1859 – April 1892) was an African man who worked as an attendant for the explorer David Livingstone.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "relic - Collections Online - Auckland War Memorial Museum".
  2. ^ "Jacob Wainwright and the Body of Dr. Livingstone: Der Neger Jacob Wainwright Sitzt an Deck Eines Schiffes Neben Dem Sarg Von Livingstone". McClure. 25 April 1874 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "They publish the diary of Jacob Wainwright, the black assistant of Livingstone". Spain's News. 24 April 2019.
  4. ^ "The Missing Chapter - Jacob Wainwright, London, 1874".