The death of Florence Nightingale: BJN 100 years ago

Br J Nurs. 2010;19(15):988. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2010.19.15.77699.

Abstract

This August marks the centenary of the death of Florence Nightingale, who died at 2 o'clock on Saturday 13 August 1910 at her home, 10 South Street, Park Lane, London. The following are some snippets which appeared in the BJN of the 20 and 27 August 1910. It was not until the announcement of her death in the morning papers of Monday 15 August that the country heard about Nightingale's death. In her last hours she was attended by Sir Thomas Barlow and two nurses from the Nursing Sisters' Institution, Devonshire Square, founded by Mrs Elizabeth Fry in 1840.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Crimean War
  • England
  • Funeral Rites / history*
  • History of Nursing*
  • History, 20th Century
  • Military Nursing / history*

Personal name as subject

  • Florence Nightingale