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Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. Nightingale gave nursing a favourable reputati…
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politics · English founder of modern nursing (1820–1910) · nurse · statistician · writer · politician · teacher · sociologist · also Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp, Nightingale Florence, Miss Smith, Angel of Crimea, Nightingale
Born 12 May 1820 · Died 13 August 1910 · Q37103
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2026· 10 entries
“I had the greatest difficulty in repelling Mrs. Seacole”
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“Every day sanitary knowledge, or the knowledge of nursing, or in other words, of how to put the constitution in such a state as that it will have no disease, or that it can recover from disease, takes a higher place. It is recognised as the knowledge which every one ought to have – distinct from medical knowledge, which only a profession can have”
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MTV Lebanon: Hantavirus and mass fear - Person of the day: Florence Nightingale - ALIVE
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The Times of India: Quote of the day by Florence Nightingale: “So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning,
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Nation.Cymru: Forgotten Welsh nurse who defied Florence Nightingale celebrated in new play
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The National Scot: Naming pop-up prisons after Florence Nightingale makes no sense
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The Economic Times: Quote of the day by Florence Nightingale: 'Women never have a half-hour in all their lives that they can c
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Florence Nightingale - Nursing, Reform, Legacy
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BBC: KS2 History: Florence Nightingale
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2025· 1 entry
Yahoo Finance: New Mini-Book Celebrates the Life and Legacy of Florence Nightingale: “The Amazing Life of Florence Nightingale: The Reluctant Celebrity” Now Available
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2024· 1 entry
Yahoo: Florence Nightingale overcame the limits set on proper Victorian women – and brought modern science and statistics to nursing
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2022· 1 entry
Reported claimRated Although such a pledge does exist, it is not usually taken by nurses in the UK. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Nurses in the UK take the Nightingale Pledge, which they might break by taking strike action.” Although such a pledge does exist, it is not usually taken by nurses in the UK..
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2021· 1 entry
STAT: Florence Nightingale in the age of Covid-19
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2020· 5 entries
The Independent: On her 200th birthday, Florence Nightingale’s legacy has never been more important
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Smithsonian Magazine: Celebrate Florence Nightingale’s 200th Birthday With Exhibit Featuring Her Famed Lamp, Pet Owl
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Hackaday: Florence Nightingale: The Lady With The Data
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Were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, but the NHS Nightingale hospitals were named after her
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Were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and Nightingale's contribution to scientific and statistical analysis of infectious disease and nursing practice may have led to the new temporary hospitals being in her name, i
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2019· 1 entry
Nightingale, a stage musical produced by Pamela Gerke and directed by Rachel Rene, was performed in Seattle, Washington
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2017· 1 entry
International Business Times: Florence Nightingale Quotes: 10 Most Inspiring Sayings By The Lady With The Lamp On Her 197th Birthday
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2011· 1 entry
An appeal was made for the former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary hospital in Derby, England to be named after Nightingale
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2010· 2 entries
Was commemorated with a £2 coin issued by the Royal Mint showing her taking a patient's pulse
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And to commemorate her connection with Malvern, the Malvern Museum held a Florence Nightingale exhibit with a school poster competition to promote some events
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2009· 1 entry
A stage musical play representation of Nightingale entitled The Voyage of the Lass was produced by the Association of Nursing Service Administrators of the Philippines
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2008· 1 entry
Mark Bostridge published a major new life of Nightingale, almost exclusively based on unpublished material from the Verney Collections at Claydon and from archival documents from about 200 archives around the world, some
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2006· 2 entries
And is now at the Florence Nightingale Museum in London
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The Japanese public ranked Nightingale number 17 in The Top 100 Historical Persons in Japan
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2002· 1 entry
Nightingale was ranked number 52 in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote
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2001· 1 entry
And 2008, the BBC released documentaries that were critical of Nightingale's performance in the Crimean War, as were some follow-up articles published in The Guardian and the Sunday Times
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1993· 1 entry
Nest Entertainment released an animated Florence Nightingale for younger audiences
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1981· 1 entry
The asteroid 3122 Florence was named after her
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1974· 1 entry
“The book was the first of its kind ever to be written. It appeared at a time when the simple rules of health were only beginning to be known, when its topics were of vital importance not only for the well-being and recovery of patients, when hospitals were riddled with infection, when nurses were still mainly regarded as ignorant, uneducated persons. The book has, inevitably, its place in the history of nursing, for it was written by the founder of modern nursing”
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1973· 1 entry
Is given in recognition of meritorious services of nursing professionals characterised by devotion, sincerity, dedication and compassion
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1972· 1 entry
The poet Eleanor Ross Taylor wrote "Welcome Eumenides", a poem written in Nightingale's voice and quoting frequently from Nightingale's writings
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1968· 1 entry
The US Air Force operated a fleet of 20 C-9A "Nightingale" aeromedical evacuation aircraft, based on the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 platform
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1959· 1 entry
Attended the rededication service in October 2010
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1944· 1 entry
Took Florence as her baptismal name after Florence Nightingale
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1936· 1 entry
The White Angel starred Kay Francis as Nightingale, depicting Florence Nightingale's pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War
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1913· 1 entry
And placed in the cloister of the Basilica of Santa Croce, in Florence, Italy
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1912· 1 entry
The International Committee of the Red Cross instituted the Florence Nightingale Medal, which is awarded every two years to nurses or nursing aides for outstanding service
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1911· 1 entry
Edward Tyas Cook was authorised by Nightingale's executors to write the official life, published in two volumes in 1913
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1910· 7 entries
Died 1910-08-13.
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“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.”
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“The Church is now more like the Scribes and Pharisees than like Christ... What are now called the "essential doctrines" of the Christian religion he does not even mention.”
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“The martyr sacrifices herself (himself in a few instances) entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for she (or he) makes the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.”
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“God has taken away the greatest man of his generation, for Dr. Livingstone stood alone.”
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“I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women... no woman has excited passions among women more than I have.”
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“To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.”
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1907· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Merit (1907).
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Became the first woman to be awarded the Order of Merit
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1904· 1 entry
Was appointed a Lady of Grace of the Order of St John (LGStJ)
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1893· 1 entry
And named after Nightingale as the founder of modern nursing, the pledge is a statement of the ethics and principles of the nursing profession
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1883· 2 entries
Awarded Decoration of the Royal Red Cross (1883).
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Nightingale became the first recipient of the Royal Red Cross
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1874· 1 entry
Became an honorary member of the American Statistical Association
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1873· 2 entries
Nightingale reported that mortality among the soldiers in India had declined from 69 to 18 per 1,000"
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Elizabeth Christophers Hobson co-founded the Bellevue Training School for Nurses in New York, setting the trend for nursing training practices in the US according to the Nightingale plan
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1866· 1 entry
Said the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital in Aylesbury near her sister's home Claydon House would be "the most beautiful hospital in England", and in 1868 called it "an excellent model to follow"
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1861· 1 entry
Because of the pressure her programme of reform placed on him
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1860· 3 entries
And is now called the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at King's College London
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But which until recently was never published in its entirety
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Laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment of her nursing school at St Thomas' Hospital in London
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1859· 1 entry
Nightingale was elected the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society
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1858· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (1858).
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And 1859, she successfully lobbied for the establishment of a Royal Commission into the Indian situation
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1852· 3 entries
She was friends with pioneering computer programmer Ada Lovelace, and upon Lovelace's death from cancer at 36 in 1852 after several months of pain, Nightingale wrote, "They said she could not possibly have lived so long, were it not for the tremendous vitality of the brain, that would not die".
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After several months of pain, Nightingale wrote, "They said she could not possibly have lived so long, were it not for the tremendous vitality of the brain, that would not die"
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“They said she could not possibly have lived so long, were it not for the tremendous vitality of the brain, that would not die”
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1850· 1 entry
Visited the Lutheran religious community at Kaiserswerth-am-Rhein in Germany, where she observed Pastor Theodor Fliedner, Friederike Fliedner and the deaconesses working for the sick and the deprived
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1847· 1 entry
Met Sidney Herbert, a politician who had been Secretary at War (1845–1846) who was on his honeymoon
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1838· 1 entry
William Nightingale took the family on another European tour, during which Nightingale met the English-born Parisian hostess Mary Clarke
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1837· 1 entry
And kept in touch with throughout her life
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1821· 1 entry
When Nightingale was a year old
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1820· 1 entry
Born 1820-05-12.
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