205 years ago today, on May 12th, 1820 (April 1st, 1820 in the lunar calendar), Ms. Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing science and nursing education, was born. Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), on May 12, 1820, Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, while his parents were traveling in Europe. Her parents named her after this city. Nightingale studied at the University of Paris. He is familiar with mathematics, English, French, German and Italian. Besides classical literature, he is also good at natural science, history and philosophy, music and painting. Nightingale has been educated in his family since childhood. When he was less than 10 years old, he was able to keep a diary in French freely. Since childhood, Nightingale has been deeply interested in nursing work. During his country holidays, he often went to look after sick villagers. As early as 1837, she began to care about the nursing situation in the hospital and had the idea of learning nursing work. She often takes advantage of the opportunity of tours to visit monasteries, girls' schools and orphanages to inquire about the situation and management methods of charity. Visiting Queen Victoria on May 24, 1838. In 1853, he visited the nursing organizations and facilities of the Sisters of Charity in Paris. After returning to China, he served as the supervisor of the London Nursing Society for Sick Women. From 1854 to 1856, during the Crimean War, Nightingale served the wounded of both warring sides with her humane and charitable heart. After the war, she was regarded as a national hero. For his outstanding service during the war, Nightingale was awarded the Order of St. George and a beautiful brooch by the then Queen Victoria of England. In 1857, following her efforts, the Royal Army Health Commission was formed. In 1860, Nightingale established the world's first formal nursing school at St. Thomas' Hospital in England. She succeeded in elevating nursing from the "sewage-like" bottom of society to a respectable position. Subsequently, she started training midwives and workhouse nurses. Her major works such as "Hospital Notes" and "Nursing Notes" have become basic textbooks for hospital management and nurse education. Thanks to her efforts, nursing became a science. Her idea of running a school spread from Britain to Europe, America and Asia. The Swiss philanthropist Jean Henri Dunan, under her influence, founded the International Red Cross in Geneva in 1864. In 1876, she was indignant at the attitude of nursing homes treating patients like beggars, so she complained to the authorities. She also suggested the establishment of facilities for mentally ill people and the isolation of infectious people, which prompted the establishment of the London Poor Act. He was awarded the Royal Red Cross in 1883 and formed the Nurses' Association in 1887. In 1900, on Nightingale's 80th birthday, birthday letters from all over the world rained down on her old age. Some of these letters were sent by emperors and kings, and others were sent to her named "Florence" in honor of the angel. In 1901, Nightingale was overworked and blind. In 1907, the Red Cross of All Nations awarded the praise, and Edward VII awarded the Nightingale Medal of Merit, becoming the first woman in British history to receive this highest honor. March 16, 1908 Nightingale was awarded the City of London Freedom Prize. On August 13, 1910, Nightingale died in sleep at the age of 90. Nightingale was never married. In 1912, the International Association of Nurses (ICN) advocated that hospitals and nursing schools all over the world should hold commemorative activities on Nightingale's birthday on May 12th every year, and change May 12th to International Nurses' Day to remember and commemorate this great woman. After Nightingale's death, according to her will, no state funeral was held. Later generations praised her as "the angel of the wounded" and "the lady with the lantern".