Florence Nightingale: Pioneer of Data Visualization
Did you know that data visualization has origins in military healthcare reforms? In this blog post, we discuss how the famous nurse Florence Nightingale used charts to demonstrate her life-saving work to her target audience.
Oct 2021 · 6 min read
“Printed tables and all-in double columns, I do not think anyone will read. None but scientific men ever look in the Appendix of a Report. And this is for the vulgar* public.”
Florence Nightingale
This was one of the earliest instances in which data visualization was used to persuade policymakers of the need for societal reforms.
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