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

Geetha P was travelling from the southern state of Kerala to national capital Delhi to attend a felicitation function for winners of the Florence Nightingale award for nurses.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022

I said, in my Florence Nightingale voice, “Dolores, I don’t mean to come between you and Dad. I wish you’d believe me.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou