Florence Nightingale in bed at South Street in 1906, aged 86 Photographed by Elizabeth Bosanquet / Florence Nightingale Museum In 1854, Florence Nightingale arrived at a military hospital in Scutari, ...

For nearly 200 years, Florence Nightingale’s name has been synonymous with gentle compassion and mercy. In the mid-19th century, Nightingale became perhaps the most celebrated woman of her era – ...

Since she published a book about Florence Nightingale in 2013, historian Judith Lissauer Cromwell ’57 has spoken at numerous events for nursing students. Surprisingly, she has found that half of her ...

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 ...

Nightingale, who became known as 'Lady with the Lamp' following her service as a nurse during the Crimean War, owned 60 felines throughout her life. At one point, she owned as many as 17 at once. In ...

University of Nottingham provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. What would Florence Nightingale make of present-day healthcare? Like anyone else, she would probably find much ...

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Florence Nightingale gained her nickname after a description of her solitary rounds on the wards with a lamp appeared in The Times newspaper A brass desk lamp which once belonged to Florence ...

It was the lantern that cast a reassuring light over wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War. Now the lamp that earned Florence Nightingale her title of "the lady with the lamp" will be back ...

Florence Nightingale transformed chaotic, unclean hospitals and revolutionised nursing, but it’s as a carer that she is most fondly remembered. She helped save lives during a cholera epidemic in ...