Henry Morton Stanley in Denbigh (a statue of Stanley with an outstretched hand). Taxa named in honour of Stanley include: Henry Morton Stanley Sir Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; January 28th, 1841 – May 10th, 1904) was a Welsh journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley reportedly asked, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Stanley is also known for his search for the source of the Nile, his pioneering work that enabled the plundering of the Congo Basin region by King Leopold II of Belgium, and
David Livingstone on Stanley and Livingstone, but with a few crucial letters omitted from the surname; it is unknown whether this results from a typist's error or a deliberate obfuscation. The ABBA song "What about Livingstone?" mentions Livingstone traveling up the Nile. Stanley's search for and discovery of Livingstone is the subject of the Hugh Masekela song "Whitch Doctor" that appears on his 1976 album, "Colonial Man". There is an achievement in Sid Meier's Civilization 5 called "Dr Livingstone I presume?" in which the player needs to move his/her Stanley Explorer into a tile of England's Livingstone Explorer. David Livingstone His fame