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Florence Nightingale (/ ˈ n aɪ t ɪ ŋ ɡ eɪ l /; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. [4]
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Her first book as a historian, a biography of Florence Nightingale published in 1950 by Constable, [3] took her straight to the top of her profession. [1] Her meticulous research had taken nine years, and the book succeeded in restoring Nightingale's reputation, which had dwindled following Lytton Strachey's representation of her in Eminent Victorians.
Florence Nightingale and Sir Harry Verney. On 24 June 1858, Parthenope married Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet, MP for Buckingham, a supporter of liberal causes and possessor of the family seat, Claydon House. Harry Verney had become involved with the Nightingale after his late wife's request for their daughter to meet Florence Nightingale.
Betsi Cadwaladr (24 May 1789 – 17 July 1860), also known as Beti Cadwaladr [1] Betsi Davis, [2] and Elizabeth Davis [3] was a Welsh nurse. She began nursing on travelling ships in her 30s (1820s) and later nursed in the Crimean War alongside Florence Nightingale.
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In 1854, Florence Nightingale set off with a team of women to assist in nursing the wounded men from the Crimean War in Scutari. Nightingale's studies had been assisted by Mary and her husband and they again assisted Nightingale when she travelled through Paris en route to the Crimea. [1] Mary had other varying literary associations as well.