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Today is Florence Nightingale's Birthday!
 Happy Birthday
Lady with the Lamp!

Born:  May 12, 1820
in, and named for, Florence, Italy.

Died:  August 13, 1910
In East Wellow, England

She was one of the very first to use statistics and a "coxcombs" chart to present her message on poor health conditions in the army to a wide audience.
She loved statistics.