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Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale at the Barrack Hospital in Scutari (Üsküdar), writing letters for wounded soldiers of the Crimean War, 1855.
Florence Nightingale grew up in England dividing her time between two family estates. Her primary residence was Embley Park in Hampshire, located in south-central England. Additionally, her family spent summers at Lea Hurst in Derbyshire, situated in central England, and traveled to London during the social season.1