Round 9: Tossup 11

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 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. (10[1])In 1912, the Red Cross established an award named after this person, who set up a school based at St Thomas’ Hospital (10[1])in London. (10[1])This person refused to work with Mary Seacole (10[1])while ministering to soldiers in the Crimean (10[1])War. For 10 points, which so-called “lady with the lamp” was a pioneering figure in modern nursing? ■END■

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