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There is a short section on Florence Nightingale in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series A, volume 147, 1984, at around page 382 (including a nice old-style photo of her on the page facing 382). This is a paper prepared by Sidney Roesnbaum as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Society. Gerald Goodall [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: steve Godwin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 15 January 2001 01:21 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Florence Nightingale and Statistics I have just remembered that Florence Nightingale was one of the first applied statisticians. I saw a documentary on the BBC, maybe an Open University production, but cannot remember the context or the programme (it was very late at night). If I remember correctly she kept meticulous records and the Royal Statistical Society at the time was concerned mainly with pure Statistics. Her influence on the Society had significant impacts in moving towards statistical applications. It sounds very interesting and I would like to know more. I hope I have got the gist of the facts right. Perhaps someone out there knows more or could confirm this? I think it is significant that one of the founders of modern nursing should be a prominent statistician and that this might help to motivate and interest nursing students. Steve Godwin