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Florence Nightingale

1820–1910

nurse, "the Lady with the Lamp"

Facts

Born:
12 May 1820
Died:
13 August 1910 (aged 90)
  • At Victoria's accession (1837): aged 17
  • At Victoria and Albert's wedding (1840): aged 19
  • At Albert's death (1861): aged 41
  • At Victoria's Golden Jubilee (1887): aged 67
  • At Victoria's death (1901): aged 80

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Life in the Almanack

  1. 12 May 1820 Birth of Florence Nightingale, nurse, "the Lady with the Lamp"
  2. 4 November 1854 Florence Nightingale and her nurses arrive at the military hospital at Scutari aged 34
  3. 13 August 1910 Death of Florence Nightingale, nurse, "the Lady with the Lamp" aged 90

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