Where is Florence Nightingale buried?

St. Margaret of Antioch ChurchyardFlorence Nightingale / Place of burial

What was Florence Nightingale’s nickname?

The Lady With the LampFlorence Nightingale / Nickname

Where did Florence Nightingale do a course in nursing?

Nursing in peace and war. Despite family reservations, Nightingale was eventually able to enroll at the Institution of Protestant Deaconesses at Kaiserswerth in Germany for two weeks of training in July 1850 and again for three months in July 1851.

What school did Florence Nightingale go to?

King’s College LondonFlorence Nightingale / EducationKing’s College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a founding college and member institution of the federal University of London. King’s was established in 1829 by King George IV and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, when it received its first royal charter. Wikipedia

Where is Mary Seacole’s grave?

St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, United KingdomMary Seacole / Place of burial

Why do we call her as a Lady with the Lamp?

Florence gained the nickname ‘the Lady with the Lamp’ during her work at Scutari. ‘The Times’ reported that at night she would walk among the beds, checking the wounded men holding a light in her hand. The image of ‘the Lady with the Lamp’ captured the public’s imagination and Florence soon became a celebrity.

When was the Mary Seacole statue built?

On 30 June 2016, a memorial statue of Mary Seacole was unveiled by Baroness Floella Benjamin OBE in the gardens of St Thomas’s Hospital; the UK’s first in honour of a named black woman.

Who was Mary Seacole and what did she do?

Mary Seacole, née Mary Jane Grant, (born 1805, Kingston, Jamaica—died May 14, 1881, London, England), Jamaican businesswoman who provided sustenance and care for British soldiers at the battlefront during the Crimean War.