Sir John Kirk (19 December 1832 – 15 January 1922) was a British physician, naturalist, companion to explorer David Livingstone, and a British administrator in Zanzibar, East Africa, where he was instrumental in ending the slave trade in that country. == Early life and education == He was born on 19 December 1832 in Barry, Angus, near Arbroath, Scotland, the second of four children of the Rev John Kirk (1795-1858) and his wife Christian Guthrie Carnegie (1803-1865).
Sir John Kirk (19 December 1832 – 15 January 1922) was a British physician, naturalist, companion to explorer David Livingstone, and a British administrator in Zanzibar, East Africa, where he was instrumental in ending the slave trade in that country. == Early life and education == He was born on 19 December 1832 in Barry, Angus, near Arbroath, Scotland, the second of four children of the Rev John Kirk (1795-1858) and his wife Christian Guthrie Carnegie (1803-1865).
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