[nahyt-n-geyl, nahy-ting-] 
Florence (“the Lady with the Lamp” ), 1820–1910, English nurse: reformer of hospital conditions and procedures; reorganizer of nurse's training programs. |
Nightingale Night·in·gale (nīt'n-gāl', nī'tĭng-), Florence. 1820-1910.
British nurse who organized (1854) and directed a unit of field nurses during the Crimean War and is considered the founder of modern nursing.