Yes. this is her centenary year, as she died in l9l0. The famous Nurse ( who did NOT found the Red Cross, at least the US Red Cross ( that honor fell to Clara Barton) derived her first name from her...
Florence Nightingale was named Florence after the Italian city in which she was born, and Nightingale because that was her father's surname and children take the father's surname in most western...
Florence Nightingale (b/d May 12, 1820 - death August 13, 1910) was known as 'The Lady of the Lamp' and was a pioneer of modern nursing among other things.It's important you read more about her...