Florence Nightingale

Statistician, Royal Red Cross (1883), Lady of Grace of the Order of St John (LGST), Order of Merit (1907)

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Hobbies / Interests - mathematics and nursing

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... regiment during six months of disease alone."

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Quote - " I feel I have been such a bad mother to you, to come home and leave you lying in your Crimea graves, 73 percent in eight...

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Quote - "Oh, my poor men who endure so patiently."

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... resulting in lower Army mortality than civilians mortality by the end of the century.

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First to use the coxcomb graph to persuade Queen Victoria of the sanitation problems. Her reports/findings led to systematic change...

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The stats changed their understanding of the problems in Turkey. Lack of sanitation being the major cause of death and not inadequate food.

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Statistics Legacy - After the Crimea War Nightingale and William Farr compiled tables of stats about how many people died, where, and why.

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In 1907 she was awarded the Order of Merit and Freedom of the City of London by King Edward making her the first woman to receive the honor.

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Throughout the U.S. Civil War, she frequently consulted about this to best manage field hospitals.

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After the war Nightingale wrote "Note on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency and Hospital Afministration of the British Army."

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She quickly assembled a team of almost three dozen nurses and sailed to the Crimea just a few days later.

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In 1854, Nightingale received a letter from Secretary of War Herbert, asking her to organize a corps of nurses to tend to soldiers in Crimea

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In 1853, the Crimean War broke out. By 1854, more than 18,000 soldiers had been admitted into military hospitals.

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Shortly after starting at Harley Street Hospital Nightingale was promoted to superintendent.

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In 1850, Nightingale returned to London, where she took a nursing job in a Harley Street Hospital.

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Enrolled as a nursing student in 1848 at the Institution of Protestant Deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany.

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Florence's father William provided a classical education, including studies in mathematics, German, French and Italian.

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Born - May 12, 1820
Florence, Tuscany
Died - August 13, 1910
London, England