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Name: DICK, David Laing
Nee: bro of Andrew Dick
Birth Date: 15 Mar 1863 Kemback, Fifeshire
Death Date: 19 Mar 1893 Kitui, blackwater fever
Nationality: British
First Date: 1893
Last Date: 1893
Profession: Chemist and druggist. Departed Mombasa upcountry on first trading caravan for his brother, Feb 1893
Area: Mombasa
Book Reference: North
General Information:
Scotland National Probate Index says he died 18 July 1893 Ukambani
Chanler On the afternoon of January 22 we reached the village ruled by a chief named Mwyru [Mweru]. There was a flag flying, and we ascertained it was to be a trading- post owned by a Scotchman named Dick, who lived at Mombasa. It formally was under the management of Mr Dick's brother; but he had died a short time before, and was then buried within the confines of the station. In charge of the station at the time of our visit was an English-speaking negro, named David, who had been educated at the mission at Zanzibar.