Leaders in History: Florence Nightingale
- Oct 15, 2015
- 1 min read
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.
Nightingale’s ambition led her into the hellish world of Crimean warfare and, as a result, on a journey that would transform nursing and hospitals in Britain.
Read more about Florence Nightingale in the full article and interactive timeline here on BBC.co.uk.
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