Mary seacole brief biography sample

Mary Seacole (1805 – 1881) was a Jamaican nurse who became well known in the Victorian period for her nursing efforts during the Crimean War. Though she was much respected by officers whom she treated during the war, after her death, her fame diminished, though in recent years she has become better known.

“I have witnessed her devotion and her courage … and I trust that England will never forget one who has nursed her sick, who sought out her wounded to aid and succour them and who performed the last offices for some of her illustrious dead.”

– William Howard Russell – Preface to Autobiography of Mary Seacole

Short Bio of Mary Seacole

Seacole was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805.

She was of mixed race birth. Her father was a Scottish officer in the British army and her mother a free Jamaican Creole.

As a child, the young Mary was fascinated with medicine, and from her mother, she began learning many traditional Caribbean and African medic