Mary seacole biography wikipedia
Mary seacole biography wikipedia
Mary seacole.
Mary Seacole
Jamaican-British businesswoman (1805–1881)
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The Honourable Mary Seacole OM | |
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Seacole, c. 1850 | |
Born | Mary Jane Grant (1805-11-23)23 November 1805 Kingston, British Jamaica |
Died | 14 May 1881(1881-05-14) (aged 75) Paddington, London, England |
Other names | Mother Seacole |
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Known for | Assistance to sick and wounded military personnel during Crimean War |
Spouse | Edwin Seacole (m. 1836; died 1844) |
Honours | Order of Merit (Jamaica; posthumous, 1990) |
Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant;[1][2][3] 23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881) was a British nurse and businesswoman.
Seacole was born in Kingston to a Creole mother who ran a boarding house and had herbalist skill