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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]
Florence Nightingale David, also known as F. N. David (23 August 1909 – 23 July 1993) was an English statistician.She was head of the Statistics Department at the University of California, Riverside between 1970 – 77 and her research interests included the history of probability and statistical ideas.
Diagram of the causes of mortality in the army in the East" by Florence Nightingale. Like conventional pie charts, a variable-radius pie chart has wedges whose areas represent total quantities in respective categories/groups. However, here, each radius represents an amount of that quantity per unit within that category.
1854 – Florence Nightingale appointed as the Superintendent of Nursing Staff. 1854 – Florence Nightingale and 38 volunteer nurses are sent to Turkey on October 21 to assist with caring for the injured of the Crimean War. 1854 – In a letter written November 15, 1854, to Dr Bowman, Florence Nightingale gives definite statistics:
The award's purpose is to "recognize a female statistician who exemplifies the contributions of Florence Nightingale David" [1] [2] and who "has advanced the discipline and proven herself to be an outstanding role model". [3] Since the founding of the award, it has become a "prestigious hallmark of achievement" among female statisticians. [2]
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 ...
Pioneered the use of probability and statistics in the social sciences: Nightingale, Florence: English: 1820: 1910: Applied statistical analysis to health problems, contributing to the establishment of epidemiology and public health practice. Developed statistical graphics especially for mobilizing public opinion.
Among its famous members was Florence Nightingale, who was the society's first female member in 1858. Stella Cunliffe was the first female president. Other notable RSS presidents have included William Beveridge, Ronald Fisher, Harold Wilson, and David Cox