W. P. (William Pringle) Livingstone

Born in 1864, W. P. Livingstone was a Scottish writer and journalist whose full name was William Pringle Livingstone. He is chiefly remembered for biographies and mission-centered books, especially Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary and The White Queen of Okoyong.

His work often focused on Christian missions in Africa and on notable religious figures, and he also wrote on other subjects, including race and travel. The record available here identifies him as a journalist and biographer, and the range of titles associated with him suggests a career spent turning historical and missionary material into readable narrative for a broad audience.

Livingstone died in 1950. Though not widely known today outside specialist or historical circles, his books remain part of the public-domain record and still attract readers interested in missionary biography, Scottish religious history, and early twentieth-century nonfiction.