Summer Evening 2024#Event 4: 22 August 2024

A Woman with a Will: Florence Nightingale

Speaker: Christine Lambie

Although there is a commonly held somewhat sentimental image of Florence, in fact she addressed many of the challenges we see today: medicine in a war situation, provision of fresh water, sewage, and public health. What else can we learn from this unusual woman?

Christine Lambie

Married to Donald Lambie, the head of the School worldwide, Christine has travelled extensively meeting students from the Schools across the world. She currently enjoys meeting and tutoring students coming to the School for their first introduction to practical philosophy.

Being brought up in America, Italy, and Belgium naturally gave Christine a keen interest in languages. She initially studied classics, with a special interest in Platonic philosophy. Some years later she turned to Sanskrit and completed a Master’s degree at SOAS (technically MA in South Asian Languages and Cultures) with focus on Sanskrit language & literature, and particularly Indian philosophy.

Some years ago Christine was meeting regularly with a group of medical professionals who were also students in the School, with the aim of raising morale in the face of challenges in the NHS. Out of this came an interest in Florence Nightingale.