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May 12, 1820 - August 13, 1910. Florence Nightingale, the daughter of the wealthy landowner, William Nightingale of Embly Park, Hampshire, was born in Florence, Italy. He took responsibility for her education and taught her Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, history, philosophy and mathematics. She studied in Germany to become a nurse at the age of 31.

Florence Nightingale is most remembered as a pioneer of nursing and a reformer of hospital sanitation methods.
she was born in Florence,Italy:)
Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She is remember primarily for being a nurse with the British Forces in Crimea during the Crimean War, where she was termed 'the lady with the lamp'.

Wikipedia has an extensive article on her.

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