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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 Udell President of the Royal College of Nursing 1964-1966. Florence Wald (1917-2008), founder of the hospice movement in the U.S. Lillian Wald (1867-1940), founder of visiting nursing in the U.S. Jean Watson, an American nurse theorist and nursing professor, best known for her Theory of Human Caring.
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.
An original letter by Florence Nightingale in which she writes of her poor health following her return from the Crimean War has gone on display for the first time.
Also on the photo is Sir Harry Verney, an active supporter of the nursing school. [2] Florence Nightingale, depicted in this popular lithograph reproduction of The Lady with the Lamp as painted by Henrietta Rae, 1891. The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care is an academic faculty within King's College London.
The name means "birthgiver" and may also be called the "Mother of Cradles" [53] [54] Albertine Necker de Saussure: 1766 France Emily Dickinson Cousin of writer Germaine de Staël, [55] whom she collaborated frequently with and wrote about. Women's rights advocate and supporter of physical education for girls. [56] Aleksandra Kollantay: 1872 Russia
Florence Nightingale and Sir Harry Verney. On 24 June 1858, Parthenope married Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet, MP for Buckingham, a supporter of liberal causes and possessor of the family seat, Claydon House. Harry Verney had become involved with the Nightingale after his late wife's request for their daughter to meet Florence Nightingale.
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