2006-06-28 01:38:49 · 6 answers · asked by joy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Florence Nightingale, OM (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), who came to be known as The Lady with the Lamp, was a pioneer of modern nursing. She was also a noted statistician.
2006-06-28 01:40:53 · answer #1 · answered by Bog woppit. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
florence nightingale was a british nurse in the 19th century who took care of soldiers in the crimean war (the british army was doing really bad)
2006-06-28 02:24:37 · answer #2 · answered by ilya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A nurse with a strong interest in mathematics. Her work with medical statistics earned her membership to the Statistical Society of England and she invented colorful polar-area diagrams to dramatize medical data.
2006-06-28 01:49:19 · answer #3 · answered by ryanb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a short biography.
2006-06-28 01:54:50 · answer #4 · answered by Robert K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was a nurse, but I don't know for how long
2006-06-28 01:40:42 · answer #5 · answered by patclem2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better resource: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REnightingale.htm
2006-06-28 01:43:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋