Florence Nightingale
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Previous banknotes have pictured other national figures including novelist Charles Dickens, physicist and chemist Michael Faraday, composer Edward Elgar, nurse Florence Nightingale and architect Christopher Wren.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
Thanks to the work of Bagmanyan and the rest of the repair shop staff, it soon will be back in the hands of a cello student at Florence Nightingale Middle School.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025
He is aided by fictional Hester Latterly, a resourceful nurse who was a friend of Florence Nightingale.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
Lib’s no-nonsense demeanor and grim history — she was a nurse in the Crimean War, presumably alongside Florence Nightingale — make her seem perfect for the position.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
She bent down and picked Florence Nightingale up off the floor.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
