Florence turned down several marriage proposals. In 1860 she was elected the first woman Fellow of the Statistical Society.Ħ. Working with Dr William Farr, a pioneering statistician, she created statistical diagrams to illustrate her findings in a clear and accessible way, calling them ‘coxcombes’ (the first pie charts). She discovered that accurate statistics were the key to understanding how and why things happened.
She was able to look at data, draw conclusions and create a picture in her mind of the results. It was a skill she would go on to develop and use further in her career. Florence had a natural skill for analysing data.įlorence’s early letters – which often included lists and tables of information, meticulously catalogued flower specimens, transcriptions of poems, shell and coin collections – demonstrate that she had a natural skill for classifying, analysing and documenting data. Uncle Peter, nicknamed ‘Mad Peter’, was considered an eccentric and known as a wild gambler and heavy drinker. He inherited his fortune from his mother’s uncle Peter Nightingale, and with it changed his name. William, Florence’s father’s surname was originally Shore. Florence’s father’s surname was originally Shore. Their eldest child, Parthenope, also named after her birthplace in Naples, had been born a year earlier.Ģ. She was the second daughter of wealthy English parents William and Frances Nightingale, who had been honeymooning abroad since their marriage in 1818. Florence’s parents named their children after the cities of their birth.įlorence was born in Italy on, and was named after the city of her birth. Here are eight things you (probably) didn’t already know about Florence Nightingale: 1. Today her legacy can be found in nursing standards and hospital design principles and she remains an inspiration to healthcare professionals around the world and one of Britain’s greatest and most famous Victorians. Her social reforms include advocating better hunger relief in India, helping to abolish prostitution laws that were unfair to women and expanding the female participation in the workforce. Against a backdrop of family disapproval and recurring ill health, Florence wrote over 200 books, pamphlets and articles and advised on and oversaw the development of the nursing profession. Rejecting convention to follow what she believed was her calling, she devoted the rest of her life to reforming health care not just in the British army, but in all sections of society. Although her dedication during the Crimean War earned her a worldwide reputation, she only saw this as an opportunity for further work. The story of her life reveals a complex and private person, with a shrewd and analytical mind.
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In 1860 she laid the foundation of modern, professional nursing with the establishment of her nursing school at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, the first secular nursing school in the world and now part of King’s College London. Celebrated social reformer Florence Nightingale is remembered as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ who came to prominence while managing nurses she had trained, and tenderly nursing wounded soldiers, during the Crimean War.
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