W. P. (William Pringle) Livingstone

Born in 1864, William Pringle Livingstone was a Scottish writer and journalist who published as W. P. Livingstone. Records of his work show a career that moved between newspaper work and book writing, including a period connected with the Daily Gleaner in Jamaica, where he was noted as an editor and reporter.

His books focused largely on biography, religion, and the wider world of missions. Among the works linked to him are Black Jamaica, Mary Slessor of Calabar, Laws of Livingstonia, Christina Forsyth of Fingoland, and Torrance of Tiberias. The range of these titles suggests a writer drawn to strong personalities, travel, and the meeting points of faith, empire, and social change.

Today he is best remembered for his writing on Mary Slessor, whose life he introduced to many readers in the early 20th century. He died in 1950, leaving behind a body of work that blends reporting, biography, and popular history.