Florence Nightingale was so much more than a lady with a lamp. The legend of the saintly nurse has long obscured the truth – that her mathematical genius was what really saved so many lives.

When you think of Florence Nightingale, you probably imagine a nurse with a lamp, comforting soldiers. Indeed, Florence is considered the mother of modern nursing. But she also made serious ...

A roll of honour illuminated by Constance Free and bound in leather by Elizabeth Greenhill, is kept in the chapel together with a lamp used in the annual Florence Nightingale service for nurses held ...

She went to the Crimean War to nurse wounded soldiers. She became known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’. Florence Nightingale is remembered for showing people that nursing was a very important job.

A blue plaque for Florence Nightingale has been unveiled at the site of the former Derbyshire Royal Hospital that she helped ...

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Florence Nightingale is perhaps the most famous nurse across the world who is also ... She is often referred to as the 'Lady with the lamp' and is remembered for taking care of wounded soldiers ...