Florence Nightingale and how she visualised data

Published: Feb. 18, 2023, 6 a.m.

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Florence Nightingale became one of the icons of Victorian Britain for her work as a nurse during the Crimean War and the public health improvements she successfully campaigned for later on. Tim Harford discusses how she and her \\u2018Nightingale Circle\\u2019 used spectacular diagrams to explain health statistics persuasively with RJ Andrews, editor of \\u201cFlorence Nightingale, Mortality and Health Diagrams\\u201d.

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