The Young Statisticians Section commissioned this beautiful badge to celebrate Florence Nightingale’s birth bicentenary, with the support and funding of the Royal Statistical Society Nightingale2020 planning group.
Born in 12 May 1820, Florence Nightingale was the first female member of the RSS in 1858. She remained a member until her death over 50 years later.
The badge includes the following features:
- Nightingale badge cross, a symbol of nursing excellence: https://thenightingalefellowship.org.uk/about-us/
- Polar area diagrams from her report on Crimean War mortality and the impact of sanitation (Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army’): https://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/coxcomb-diagram-1858/
- Turkish ‘fanoos’ lamp carried by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean war: https://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/fanoos/
The badge will be awarded to the winners of several events during the year, including our #FloViz data visualisation competition, the Young Researchers using Statistics Symposium organised by the Royal Statistical Society Highlands and Islands Local Group and the Royal Statistical Society international conference.
Altea Lorenzo-Arribas, 12th July 2020
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