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Florence Nightingale Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Florence Nightingale, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

4 records1820–18564 events3 places

Chronological biography

1820

Birth of Florence Nightingale12 May 1820
Science / Medicine

Birth of Florence Nightingale

1854

Scutari Hospital4 November 1854
Warfare / Crimean War · Nurse · Scutari

Arrives at Scutari to improve nursing and hospital administration.

1855

Crimean Hospitals1855
Warfare / Crimean War · Nurse · Nursing Superintendent · Crimea

Visits hospitals in Crimea to inspect medical conditions and extend reforms beyond Scutari.

1856

Return from Crimea1856
Warfare / Crimean War · Nurse · Nursing Superintendent · Great Britain

Returns quietly to Britain after her wartime nursing and hospital reform work in the Ottoman Empire and Crimea.

Titles and roles

Nurse · Nurse · Nursing Superintendent

Record provenance

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