Nurse · 1820 – 1910
Florence Nightingale
Little-Known Facts
- She was a gifted statistician and an early pioneer of the pie chart and the 'polar area diagram'.
- She was named after the Italian city of Florence, where she was born.
Myths & Misconceptions
Was Florence Nightingale just a wartime nurse?
No. Beyond her Crimean War work she was a pioneering statistician and reformer whose lasting impact was on hospital design, sanitation, nursing education and public health policy.