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Florence: Lea Hurst
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For her contribution to Army statistics and comparative hospital statistics in 1860 Florence Nightingale became the first woman to be elected a fellow of the Statistical Society. In 1865 she settled at 10 South Street, Mayfair, in the West End of London and apart from occasional visits to Embley, Lea Hurst and to her sister at Claydon House she lived there until her death.
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Florence remained a center of learning through the early modern era. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) served as a Medici court mathematician and as tutor to the future Cosimo II (1590–1621), and left some of his scientific instruments to Ferdinando II (1610–1670), a man of real scientific bent. Another of Galileo's legacies was a "core of Tuscan Galileans" (Cochrane, p. 232), many of whom gathered at the learned academy popularly known as the Cimento, patronized and organized by prince Leopoldo, son of Cosimo II.
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Don't try to do Florence in one day - allow at least several days, especially if you're interested in visiting the major churches and touring the Accademia and Uffizi Galleries. Below a few more places you must definitely see/visit while you are in Florence.
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The University of Virginia [E]ntered into an agreement with Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash. and Thomson Learning of Florence, Ky., to provide Tablet PCs and software to over 400 students in selected science and math classes. Under the arrangement, the equipment will allow students to take notes and do advanced course work in class.
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A second individual of unusual insight was Niccolò Machiavelli, whose prescriptions for Florence's regeneration under strong leadership have often been seen as a legitimisation of political expediency and even malpractice. Commissioned by the Medici, Machiavelli ... wrote the
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