Robert Peel Research Paper
Those who made a change
There are many people that have contributed to the improvements to our country to turn it to the country it is now.
The nominations for the award of the greatest contribution to History are....
Robert Peel....
Robert was born in the year of 1788 in Bury, Lancashire. He was a student at Oxford University studying Classics and Mathematics. His father was very wealthy textile manufacturer and was and Member of Parliament. As a result of his father’s influence and political connections, Robert became an MP at the age of 21. In 1829, Robert Peel set up the Metropolititan Police based at Scotland Yard. Employing 1000 police constables and they became known as ‘Bobbies’ or ‘Peelers’. The ‘Bobbies’ were unpopular at first, …show more content…
On 7th February 1837, when she was 16 years, old Florence was convinced that she had heard the voice of God calling to her. She believed that God wanted her to carry out some special work. When she was in her twenties Florence began to take an interest in how the sick people in the villages around her home (in Romsey, Hampshire) were taken care of. She started to believe that God wanted her to be a nurse. Her parents were both shocked and angry when she told them that she wanted to learn more about nursing at a Salisbury hospital. At the time nearly all nurses came from poor families. Florence and some of her friends visited Kaiserwerth (in what is now Germany). The town was home to a hospital famous for training nurses. One year later, in 1851, Florence Nightingale received three months training at the hospital in Kaiserwerth. Florence returned home as a trained nurse. She put these skills to good use as from 1851 – 1853 she cared for her mother, father and sister who had all become ill.In 1853, when she was 33, she took a job running a small private hospital in London’s Harley Street. Her father realised that Florence was really serious about helping the sick and injured and promised to pay her £500 a year. This was a massive sum of money in Victorian times. In 1854 Florence helped to tend people suffering from cholera. Sidney Herbert, a friend of Florence’s and the member of the government in charge of the military, wrote to her and asked her to organise a group of nurses and head for the Crimea (in Turkey). On 4th November 1854 Florence Nightingale and 38 other nurses arrived at Scutari, an area of the city of Constantinople. The main British hospital was located there and Florence was not impressed by the conditions. The hospital was dirty, the drains were blocked, rats and fleas were everywhere. At first the doctors did not want the help of Florence Nightingale and her nurses, but they soon
There are many people that have contributed to the improvements to our country to turn it to the country it is now.
The nominations for the award of the greatest contribution to History are....
Robert Peel....
Robert was born in the year of 1788 in Bury, Lancashire. He was a student at Oxford University studying Classics and Mathematics. His father was very wealthy textile manufacturer and was and Member of Parliament. As a result of his father’s influence and political connections, Robert became an MP at the age of 21. In 1829, Robert Peel set up the Metropolititan Police based at Scotland Yard. Employing 1000 police constables and they became known as ‘Bobbies’ or ‘Peelers’. The ‘Bobbies’ were unpopular at first, …show more content…
On 7th February 1837, when she was 16 years, old Florence was convinced that she had heard the voice of God calling to her. She believed that God wanted her to carry out some special work. When she was in her twenties Florence began to take an interest in how the sick people in the villages around her home (in Romsey, Hampshire) were taken care of. She started to believe that God wanted her to be a nurse. Her parents were both shocked and angry when she told them that she wanted to learn more about nursing at a Salisbury hospital. At the time nearly all nurses came from poor families. Florence and some of her friends visited Kaiserwerth (in what is now Germany). The town was home to a hospital famous for training nurses. One year later, in 1851, Florence Nightingale received three months training at the hospital in Kaiserwerth. Florence returned home as a trained nurse. She put these skills to good use as from 1851 – 1853 she cared for her mother, father and sister who had all become ill.In 1853, when she was 33, she took a job running a small private hospital in London’s Harley Street. Her father realised that Florence was really serious about helping the sick and injured and promised to pay her £500 a year. This was a massive sum of money in Victorian times. In 1854 Florence helped to tend people suffering from cholera. Sidney Herbert, a friend of Florence’s and the member of the government in charge of the military, wrote to her and asked her to organise a group of nurses and head for the Crimea (in Turkey). On 4th November 1854 Florence Nightingale and 38 other nurses arrived at Scutari, an area of the city of Constantinople. The main British hospital was located there and Florence was not impressed by the conditions. The hospital was dirty, the drains were blocked, rats and fleas were everywhere. At first the doctors did not want the help of Florence Nightingale and her nurses, but they soon