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Practice questionLife in the UK Test
Florence Nightingale is often regarded as the founder of modern nursing. During which war did she treat soldiers?
Correct answer
The Crimean War
Why
Florence Nightingale went to Turkey during the Crimean War (1853-56) and treated soldiers. In 1860 she set up the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St Thomas' Hospital in London.
Answer choices
- AThe Boer War
- BThe First World War
- CThe Crimean War
- DThe Hundred Years War