When Was Florence Nightingale Born?

Florence Nightingale OM RRC DStJ was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople.

Why did Florence Nightingale spent 11 years in bed?

Her discovery very nearly killed her. Not only had she "killed" the dying soldiers who had kissed her shadow, she felt she had betrayed her nurses from whom she had demanded total obedience. ... Still only 37, she abandoned her nursing career and took to her bed for 11 years.

Did Florence Nightingale marry?

Florence Nightingale never married. ... Nightingale came from such a family, but it seems that she realized early in her life that her true calling was nursing. She had opportunities to marry, with at least four men asking for her hand, according to the UK's History Press.