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Lytton Strachey argued that “A Demon possessed” this person in the second section of Eminent Victorians. This person used the term “coxcomb” to refer to the polar area diagrams (10[1])which represented this person’s data analysis. This person led a team of volunteers, including Eliza Roberts, to Selimiye (“say-lee-mee-yeh”) Barracks in Scutari. In 1912, the Red Cross established an award (10[1])named after this person, who set up a school based (10[1])at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. This person refused to work with Mary Seacole while ministering to soldiers in the Crimean War. (10[1])For 10 points, which so-called “lady with the lamp” was a pioneering figure in modern nursing? ■END■

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