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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.
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]
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.
William Nightingale (known also as W.E.N.) was born William Edward Shore on 15 February 1794, in Lea, Derbyshire.His father was William Shore (1752–1822). His mother was Mary née Evans (1760–1853) who died at Tapton House, Sheffield.
Jane Catherine Shaw Stewart (22 September 1821 – 14 March 1905) was a leading British nurse in Crimea.At one point she was designated to take over from Florence Nightingale.
Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant; [1] [2] [3] 23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881) was a British nurse and businesswoman.. Seacole was born in Kingston to a Creole mother who ran a boarding house and had herbalist skills as a "doctress". [4]
Dana Gribble recalled her mother-in-law as a Florence Nightingale-type nurse — "a caregiver through and through" who rose from nursing instructor to division chair in the nearly four decades she ...
Florence Nightingale with Charles Holte Bracebridge and Selina Bracebridge in a Turkish street (1859) The Bracebridges acted as administrative assistants to Nightingale for nine months at the Barrack Hospital during the Crimean War. When Nightingale fell dangerously ill at Balaclava in May 1855 they escorted her back to Scutari. [3]