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Florence Nightingale

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An English nurse and statistician whose work during the Crimean War established the link between sanitation and mortality in hospital settings, and who pioneered the visual presentation of statistics, including her polar area diagram showing causes of death, to argue for hygiene reform to government and the public.

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Birth Year
1820 1
Death Year
1910 1
Nationality
English 1
Notable For
Crimean War hospital sanitation reform and pioneering statistical graphics 1
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
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