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Florence Nightingale and Victorian data visualisation

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Nightingale's visualisations of Crimean War deaths retain much of their power and beauty today, more than 160 years on. But at the time they were produced, when statisticians preferred tables… Click to show full abstract

Nightingale's visualisations of Crimean War deaths retain much of their power and beauty today, more than 160 years on. But at the time they were produced, when statisticians preferred tables to graphs, they were even more striking, says Alison Hedley

Keywords: data visualisation; florence nightingale; victorian data; nightingale victorian

Journal Title: Significance
Year Published: 2020

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