Florence Nightingale

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Mark Cartwright
by Henry Hering
published on 24 March 2023
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A c. 1860 photograph of the English nurse Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) who greatly improved survival rates in military hospitals during the Crimean War (1853-56) and lobbied the British government for better facilities leading to the creation of the innovative Renkioi Hospital designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59). Photograph taken by Henry Hering. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

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Hering, H. (2023, March 24). Florence Nightingale. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17229/florence-nightingale/

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Hering, Henry. "Florence Nightingale." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 24, 2023. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17229/florence-nightingale/.

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