Florence Nightingale Autographs
Florence Nightingale (/ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. Nightingale gave nursing a favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds of wounded soldiers at night.
Recent commentators have asserted that Nightingale's Crimean War achievements were exaggerated by the media at the time, but critics agree on the importance of her later work in professionalising nursing roles for women. In 1860, she laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment of her nursing school at St Thomas' Hospital in London. It was the first secular nursing school in the world and is now part of King's College London. In recognition of her pioneering work in nursing, the Nightingale Pledge taken by new nurses, and the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international distinction a nurse can achieve, were named in her honour, and the annual International Nurses Day is celebrated on her birthday. Her social reforms included improving healthcare for all sections of British society, advocating better hunger relief in India, helping to abolish prostitution laws that were harsh for women, and expanding the acceptable forms of female participation in the workforce.
Nightingale was an innovator in statistics; she represented her analysis in graphical forms to ease drawing conclusions and actionables from data. She is famous for usage of the polar area diagram, also called the Nightingale rose diagram, which is equivalent to a modern circular histogram. This diagram is still regularly used in data visualisation.
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Traded items with a signature of Florence Nightingale
The most expensive item with a signature of Florence Nightingale (Notes on Nursing Binding Zaehnsdorf Signed Letter Florence Nightingale c1860 1st) was sold in September 2025 for $5,657.38 while the cheapest item (SIGNED! Journal of Anne Reading: From Florence Nightingale to Dorothea Dix) found a new owner for $4.95 in December 2021. The month with the most items sold (4) was May 2025 with an average selling price of $165.00 for an autographed item of Florence Nightingale. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2026 with $3,500.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $165.00 was May 2025. In average, an autographed item from Florence Nightingale is worth $681.48.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Florence Nightingale were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE * PSA * Autograph CDV Cut Signature SIGNED * Nursing | $995.00 |  |
| FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE * PSA * Fine AUTOGRAPH CDV Cut Signature SIGNED * Nurse | $1,250.00 | |
| FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE * PSA * Fine AUTOGRAPH CDV Cut Signature SIGNED * Nurse | $1,250.00 | |
| FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE * PSA * Autograph 'MATERIA MEDICA' Book SIGNED * 1878 | $3,500.00 | |
| FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE * PSA * Autograph 'MATERIA MEDICA' Book SIGNED * 1878 | $3,500.00 | |
| Florence Nightingale Cut Autograph From a Beckett Signed Letter | $925.00 | |
| Florence Nightingale Cut Autograph From a Beckett Signed Letter | $925.00 | |
| Florence Nightingale Handwritten Word Cut From a Beckett Autograph Signed Letter | $165.00 | |
| Florence Nightingale Handwritten Word Cut From a Beckett Autograph Signed Letter | $165.00 | |
| Florence Nightingale Handwritten Word Cut From a Beckett Autograph Signed Letter | $165.00 | |
| Florence Nightingale Handwritten Word Cut From a Beckett Autograph Signed Letter | $165.00 | |
| Florence Nightingale Handwritten Word Cut From a Beckett Autograph Signed Letter | $165.00 | |
| Florence Nightingale Handwritten Word Cut From a Beckett Autograph Signed Letter | $165.00 | |
| Florence Nightingale Handwritten Word Cut From a Beckett Autograph Signed Letter | $135.00 | |
| Florence Nightingale Handwritten Word Cut From a Beckett Autograph Signed Letter | $135.00 | |
