# History of Statistics

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Professor Lynn McDonald, Dr Eileen Magnello, Professor Rosemary A. Bailey
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/history-statistics)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Professor McDonald will discusses the history and the myth surrounding the 'Lady with the Lamp' highlighting particularly the brilliant work she did in analysis of Crimean War statistics. This work paved the way for the first truly modern hospitals. This is part of the 2014 Gresham College/ British Society of the History of Mathematics conference.

## Lectures

1. [Florence Nightingale and her Crimean War Statistics: Lessons for hospital safety, public administration and nursing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-history-statistics/0fd714946083) (YouTube)
2. [Karl Pearson's Gresham Lectures on Geometry (1890-1894)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-history-statistics/6a62d7ca4f2a) (YouTube)
3. [Some History of Latin Squares in Experiments](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-history-statistics/97b5722c5e2c) (YouTube)