Florence Nightingale Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Other === [[File:KLM MD 11 AMS.jpg|thumbnail|left|alt=A three-engine wide-body jet airliner in blue and gray livery|[[KLM]] [[McDonnell Douglas MD-11|MD-11]], registration PH-KCD, ''Florence Nightingale'']] In 2002, Nightingale was ranked number 52 in the [[BBC]]'s list of the [[100 Greatest Britons]] following a UK-wide vote. In 2006, the Japanese public ranked Nightingale number 17 in [[The Top 100 Historical Persons in Japan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/The+Top+100+Historical+Persons+in+Japan |title=The Top 100 Historical Persons in Japan |publisher=Ejje.weblio.jp |access-date=28 March 2017 |archive-date=23 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223112811/http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/The+Top+100+Historical+Persons+in+Japan |url-status=live }}</ref> Several churches in the [[Anglican Communion]] commemorate Nightingale with a feast day on their [[liturgical calendar]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Church |first=The Episcopal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xb5UzwEACAAJ |title=Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2022 |date=24 January 2023 |publisher=Church Publishing, Incorporated |isbn=978-1-64065-627-7 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] commemorates her as a [[Renewer of Society]] with [[Clara Maass]] on 13 August.<ref>Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Evangelical Lutheran Worship β Final Draft. Augsburg Fortress Press, 2006</ref> [[Florence Li Tim-Oi]], the first woman ordained priest in the Anglican Communion, in 1944, took Florence as her baptismal name after Florence Nightingale.<ref name="Koturbash">{{cite web |last1=Koturbash |first1=Therese |title=Rev. Florence Li Tim-Oi -- First Woman Ordained in Anglican Communion 25 January 1944 |url=https://womensordinationcampaign.org/blog-working-for-womens-equality-and-ordination-in-the-catholic-church/2020/1/25/rev-florence-li-tim-oi-first-woman-ordained-in-anglican-communion |website=Women's Ordination Worldwide |date=25 January 2020 |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref> [[Washington National Cathedral]] celebrates Nightingale's accomplishments with a double-lancet stained glass window featuring six scenes from her life, designed by artist Joseph G. Reynolds and installed in 1983.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Brien |first1=Mary Elizabeth |title=Servant Leadership in Nursing: Spirituality and Practice in Contemporary Health Care |date=25 October 2010 |publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers |page=333}}</ref> The [[United States Navy|US Navy]] ship the {{USS|Florence Nightingale|AP-70}} was commissioned in 1942. Beginning in 1968, the [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]] operated a fleet of 20 [[McDonnell Douglas C-9|C-9A "Nightingale"]] [[Medical evacuation|aeromedical evacuation]] aircraft, based on the [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] platform.<ref>[http://amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-9ac-nightingale/ Air Mobility Command Museum: "C-9 Nightingale"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516034848/http://amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-9ac-nightingale/ |date=16 May 2015 }}.</ref> The last of these planes was retired from service in 2005.<ref>"Historic C-9 heads to Andrews for retirement"</ref> In 1981, the asteroid [[3122 Florence]] was named after her.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names β (3122) Florence |last=Schmadel |first=Lutz D. |publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg |page=258 |year=2007 |isbn=978-3-540-00238-3 |doi=10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3123 |chapter=(3122) Florence}}</ref> A Dutch [[KLM]] [[McDonnell-Douglas MD-11]] (registration PH-KCD) was also named in her honour; it served the airline for 20 years, from 1994 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airliners.net/photo/KLM---Royal/McDonnell-Douglas-MD-11/1776495/&sid=00ecc2bcf5f2173ce2823ac6b2941168 |title=Photos: McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Aircraft Pictures |publisher=Airliners.net |date=14 August 2010 |access-date=17 May 2012 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192044/http://www.airliners.net/photo/KLM---Royal/McDonnell-Douglas-MD-11/1776495/%26sid%3D00ecc2bcf5f2173ce2823ac6b2941168 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/mcdonnell-douglas-md-11-ph-kcd-klm-royal-dutch-airlines/3v2gye |title=PH-KCD KLM Royal Dutch Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |website=planespotters.net |date=5 December 2021 |access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref> Nightingale has appeared on international postage stamps, including, the UK, [[List of postage stamps of Alderney|Alderney]], Australia, Belgium, Dominica, Hungary (showing the Florence Nightingale medal awarded by the International Red Cross), and Germany.<ref>{{cite news |title=Florence Nightingale (1820β1910) |url=http://www2.rcn.org.uk/development/rcn_archives/exhibitions/international_postage_stamps/florence_nightingale |publisher=Royal college of nursing |date=13 May 2016 |access-date=3 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328105802/http://www2.rcn.org.uk/development/rcn_archives/exhibitions/international_postage_stamps/florence_nightingale |archive-date=28 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Florence Nightingale is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] in the [[Church of England]] with a [[Commemoration (observance)|commemoration]] on 13 August.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=8 April 2021|website=The Church of England|language=en}}</ref> Celebrations to mark her bicentenary in 2020, were disrupted by the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]], but the [[COVID-19 hospitals in the United Kingdom|NHS Nightingale]] hospitals were named after her.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=McEnroe|first=Natasha|date=9 May 2020|title=Celebrating Florence Nightingale's bicentenary|url= |journal=The Lancet |language=English |volume=395|issue=10235 |pages=1475β1478|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30992-2 |issn=0140-6736|pmid=32386583|pmc=7252134|doi-access=free}}</ref> Nightingale Road ({{zh|t=εδΈζ ΌηΎθ·―}}) in [[Hong Kong]], between the [[Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong|Queen Elizabeth Hospital]] and the nursing school, was officially named by the [[Lands Department]] after Florence Nightingale in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www3.ha.org.hk/ehaslink/issue115/en/feature-4.html |title=Secrets about nursing school. History of Nightingale Road |last= |first= |date=July 2012 |website= |publisher=[[Hospital Authority]] |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page