Florence Nightingale is widely known as the ‘Lady of the Lamp’ for her tireless service to wounded soldiers during the Crimean War.

১. Sarojini Naidu is known as the ‘Nightingale of India’ and Mother Teresa as the ‘Saint of the Gutters’.
২. Florence Nightingale often checked on patients at night holding a lamp, which earned her this nickname.
৩. She is considered the founder of modern nursing as a professional and organized field.

অতিরিক্ত তথ্য: Her birthday, May 12, is celebrated annually as International Nurses Day.