Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale, OM (12 May 1820 â 13 August 1910), was an English nurse. She helped create the modern techniques of nursing. She became a leader of the team of nurses who helped wounded soldiers during the Crimean War. She was the first female to receive the Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded to a British person.
Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley, on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 square miles (466.109/kmÂ²). San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County, the most affluent county in California. San Jose is the largest city in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 8.7 million people respectively.
San Jose, the sprawling city that anchors Silicon Valley, is the oldest Spanish civilian settlement in California. The third-largest city in California and the first state capital dates back to 1777, when the Spanish founded El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe. Due to its location in the southeast San Francisco Bay Area, the city is not a prototypical beach town like those that line the Pacific coast.