Yet as Britain prepares to celebrate Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday on May 12—with a wreath-laying at Waterloo Place, a special version of the annual Procession of the Lamp at ...

Key Question: Why is Florence Nightingale historically significant? Concept of historical significanceOne of the least explored and understood concepts in history is significance. It is sometimes ...

Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 ... She studied a variety of subjects, including history, mathematics, languages and literature. Nightingale wished to become a nurse but her family disapproved.

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When you think of Florence Nightingale, you probably imagine a nurse with a lamp, comforting soldiers. Indeed, Florence is considered the mother of modern nursing. But she also made serious ...

A blue plaque for Florence Nightingale has been unveiled at the site of the former Derbyshire Royal Hospital that she helped to design. The building, that was derelict for a decade, has now been ...

AS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE herself says, every woman is a nurse a nurse by nature. A nurse, like a poet, is born, not manufactured. Fashion and folly may amuse the fair, when fashion and folly ...

Florence Nightingale’s pioneering legacy lives on at the UAB School of Nursing, where her example of skilled, compassionate care guides our efforts to train future generations of clinicians, ...

Florence Nightingale, born on May 12 ... crowned The abdication crisis of 1936 was a significant event in British history. King Edward VIII's decision to give up the throne to marry Wallis ...

Florence Nightingale left countless gifts to the world of nursing, and some of those treasures are in the possession of UAB’s Reynolds-Finley Historical Library—48 letters, a newspaper clipping, and a ...

Although burial in Westminster Abbey was offered to the family of Florence Nightingale, famous nurse and reformer, it was declined, due to provisions in her will, and she is buried at Wellow in ...