author
W. P. (William Pringle) Livingstone
1864–1950
Best known for vivid missionary biographies, this Scottish writer introduced many readers to the lives of figures such as Mary Slessor and Robert Laws. His books blend storytelling with history and helped popularize missionary work in Africa for early twentieth-century audiences.
2 Audiobooks
The White Queen of Okoyong: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism and Faith
by W. P. (William Pringle) Livingstone
Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
by W. P. (William Pringle) Livingstone
About the author
Born in 1864, W. P. Livingstone — William Pringle Livingstone — was a Scottish author whose surviving bibliography centers on biography, religion, and missionary history. Catalog records and library listings link him to works including Mary Slessor of Calabar, The White Queen of Okoyong, and The Life of Robert Laws of Livingstonia.
His writing is closely associated with accounts of Christian missions in Africa, especially in Scotland-linked contexts. Rather than being remembered chiefly as a novelist, he is best known as a narrator of other people’s lives, turning missionary careers and historical episodes into accessible, dramatic books for general readers.
A portrait preserved by the National Library of Jamaica also identifies him as an author, editor of the Daily Gleaner in 1899, and a reporter to Jamaica’s Legislative Council. He died in 1950.