IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 NIGHTINGALE
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: NIGHTINGALE, Florence, 1820 - 1910, reformer of hospital nursing
Date(s): 1851-1897
Level of description: collection
Extent: 28 volumes
Name of creator(s): Nightingale Florence, 1820 - 1910, reformer of hospital nursing
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Administrative/Biographical history:
Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910, was born in Florence and educated in nursing by the Protestant Sisters of Mercy at Kaiserwerth on the Rhine. She went to the Crimea in 1854, and made her reputation in the military hospitals there. When she returned to England she devoted a £50,000 testimonial to the foundation of the Nightingale home for the training of nurses. She spent much of the rest of her life writing and lecturing.
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Scope and content/abstract:
Works by Florence Nightingale, and works by various authors, the property of, or containing contributions by Florence Nightingale, on subjects including nursing, public health, hospital administration, and military hospitals.
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Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
This collection is arranged in 28 volumes: Vols. 1-22, Works by Florence Nightingale, arranged chronologically, 1851-1897. Vols. 23-28, Works by various authors, the property of, or containing contributions by Florence Nightingale, arranged chronologically, 1865-1894.
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Printed handlist and online catalogue available.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 29, 2002
Date(s) of descriptions: 29 May 2002