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Florence Nightingale

Photo of a young Florence Nightingale, by Henry Hering, c. 1860

Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) was a social reformer and statistician and is regarded as the founder of modern nursing.

Photo of a young Florence, by Henry Hering (1814–1893).

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