Florence Nightingale is commemorated annually with a service at Westminster Abbey on the anniversary of her birth, which took place on Monday, 12 May 2025.
On the centenary of her death, the Dean of Westminster re-dedicated the Nurses' Memorial Chapel, which is located in the upper Islip chantry chapel of the Abbey, in her honour.
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Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.
Nightingale came to prominence while serving as manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople.
She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards.
Nightingale gave nursing a favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds of wounded soldiers at night.
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