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Florence Nightingale
Modern Nursing & Healthcare Data Analysis
Born 1820 🇬🇧 England 1860
⚕️ Known For
1
Reduced Crimean War hospital death rate from 42% to 2%
2
Pioneer of statistical data visualisation (polar area diagrams)
3
Founded modern professional nursing; Notes on Nursing (1859)
Lady with the Lamp; pioneered medical statistics
Quick Facts
Field
⚕️ Medicine
Country
🇬🇧 England
Born
1820
Key Year
1860
Invention
Modern Nursing & Healthcare Data Analysis