Scholars are finding there’s much more to the “lady with the lamp” than her famous exploits as a nurse in the Crimean War Joshua Hammer; Photographs by Tina Hillier - Contributing writer ...

Florence Nightingale was so much more than a lady with a lamp. The legend of the saintly nurse has long obscured the truth – that her mathematical genius was what really saved so many lives.

Scherrikar Bell: The lady with the lamp. Florence Nightingale: was born on the 12th May 1820 in Florence, Italy, hence the name but was raised in England. And while it's true that she was the ...