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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 was a highly educated individual who excelled in languages from a young age. She was proficient in reading and writing the following languages:
Her linguistic abilities were part of a rigorous education overseen by her father, which also included history, philosophy, literature, and mathematics.12