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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 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.
12] Arthur Hugh Clough 1836 secretarial assistant to Florence Nightingale his sister and daughter both became principals of Newnham College, Cambridge The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich : 2 John Campbell Shairp 1839 pastoral poet Professor of Humanity, St Andrews Oxford Professor of Poetry "The Poetic Interpretation of Nature" 1877 : 3 Matthew Arnold 1840 cultural critic sage writer Oxford ...
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
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.
For those who have not read Florence “Flo” Harrelson’s colorful send-off, which was published on Aug. 30, the death notice reads: "Florence 'Flo' Harrelson, 65, formerly of Chelsea, died on ...
Florence Canning (1863–1914) – chair of the executive committee of the Church League for Women's Suffrage; Mabel Capper (1888–1966) – activist in the WSPU; imprisoned many times, and force-fed; Isabella Carrie (1878–1981) – schoolteacher and safe house keeper for the WSPU; Dorothea Chalmers Smith (1874–1944) – doctor and suffragist
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