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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 which (10[1])represented (10[1])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 named after this person, (10[1])who set up a school based at St (-5[1])Thomas’ Hospital in London. (10[1])This person refused to work with Mary Seacole while ministering (10[1])to soldiers in the Crimean (10[1])War. (10[2])For 10 points, which so-called “lady with the lamp” was a pioneering (10[1])figure in modern nursing? ■END■

ANSWER: Florence Nightingale
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