Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale, OM (12 May 1820–13 August 1910), who came to be known as The Lady with the Lamp, was the pioneer of modern nursing. Each year, the International Nurses Day is celebrated on her birth anniversary.

External links

• Example of a polar-area diagram invented by Florence Nightingale.
• BBC runs an article on Florence, which include her picture
• The Life & Times of Florence Nightingale
• On-line version of Lytton Strachey's biography of Florence Nightingale
• {{gutenberg author | id=Florence_Nightingale | name=Florence Nightingale}}
• Florence Nightingale Museum

For Nightingale the statistician see also

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• American Statistical Association: Florence Nightingale
• Life and Work of Statisticians: Florence Nightingale