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Florence Nightingale (/ ˈ n aɪ t ɪ ŋ ɡ eɪ l /; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) 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. [4]
Embley Park, now a school, was the family home of Florence Nightingale. Embley Park, in Wellow (near Romsey, Hampshire), was the family home of Florence Nightingale from 1825 until her death in 1910. It is also where Florence Nightingale claimed she had received her divine calling from God.
English: Florence Nightingale Memorial wall plaque - she is not buried at St. Paul's - only a memorial to honor her - look for simple tomb in St. Margaret's, East Wellow. Date 1 July 2009
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Anna Maxwell (1851–1929), the American Florence Nightingale; was buried due to her contributions to the Army Nurse Corps; David McCampbell (1910–1996), the US Navy's top World War II fighter ace with 34 kills; Glenn Miller (1904–1944) cenotaph, Army Air Forces Major and well known band leader who disappeared over the English Channel
His statue by Foley was placed in front of the War Office in Pall Mall, London, and subsequently, following that building's demolition, placed next to A. G. Walker's statue of Florence Nightingale in Waterloo Place, adjacent to the Crimean Monument. [5] Another statue to him stands in Victoria Park, Salisbury, Wiltshire. [6]
The letter by Florence Nightingale (Andrew Matthews/PA) “It is a remarkable find and is completely unspoiled, despite spending the last 140 years in an old scrapbook which belonged to the famed ...
Roberts returned with Nightingale on 8 August 1856. [8] In the 1857 painting The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale receiving the Wounded at Scutari by Jerry Barrett Roberts is the only figure doing anything useful as she kneels tending a wounded soldier. [18] [19] On her death in 1878 Eliza Roberts was buried in West Norwood Cemetery. [3]