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Florence Nightingale

1820 - 1910

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Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. Nightingale gave nursing a favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds of wounded soldiers at night. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Florence Nightingale is the 6th most popular physician (down from 4th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Italy (down from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Physician.

Florence Nightingale is most famous for being a nurse during the Crimean War. She was also instrumental in the development of modern nursing.

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Among physicians, Florence Nightingale ranks 6 out of 726. Before her are Hippocrates, Galen, Paracelsus, Josef Mengele, and Robert Koch. After her are Basil of Caesarea, L. L. Zamenhof, Joseph Lister, Edward Jenner, Anthony Fauci, and Albert Schweitzer.

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Among people born in 1820, Florence Nightingale ranks 2. Before her is Friedrich Engels. After her are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Herbert Spencer, Nadar, William John Macquorn Rankine, Anne Brontë, Harriet Tubman, Henri, Count of Chambord, Edmond Becquerel, Henri Vieuxtemps, and Multatuli. Among people deceased in 1910, Florence Nightingale ranks 6. Before her are Leo Tolstoy, Edward VII, Mark Twain, Robert Koch, and Henry Dunant. After her are Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, William James, Henri Rousseau, Nadar, O. Henry, and Giovanni Schiaparelli.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Florence Nightingale ranks 90 out of 5,161. Before her are Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598), Guglielmo Marconi (1874), Claudio Monteverdi (1567), Pope Innocent III (1160), Pope Pius III (1439), and Sophia Loren (1934). After her are Luciano Pavarotti (1935), Enrico Fermi (1901), Pope Benedict XIV (1675), Umberto Eco (1932), Pope Pius V (1504), and Giacomo Casanova (1725).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Florence Nightingale ranks 1. After her are Cesare Lombroso (1835), Camillo Golgi (1843), Marcello Malpighi (1628), Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Peter Damian (1007), Francesco Redi (1626), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Trota of Salerno (1001), and Andrea Cesalpino (1519).

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