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Mary Seacole

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Also known as Mrs. Seacole, Mary Jane Seacole, Mary Jane Grant

British-Jamaican businesswoman and nurse

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Born
Mary Jane Grant , ( 1805-11-23 ) 23 November 1805, Kingston , Colony of Jamaica
Died
14 May 1881 (1881-05-14) (aged 75), Paddington , London , England , U.K.
Other name
Mother Seacole
Occupations
Hotelier boarding house keeper author world traveller nurse
Known for
providing a restaurant for officers during Crimean War
Spouse
Edwin Seacole ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1836 ; died 1844 ) ​
Honours
Order of Merit (Jamaica; posthumous , 1990)

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Instance of
human
Given name
Mary
Gender
female
Place of birth
Kingston
Place of death
London
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
nurse
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date of birth
1805-01-01
date of death
1881-05-14
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ethnic group
Black Britons
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Encyclopedic overview

Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant; 23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881) was a Jamaican nurse and businesswoman. She was famous for her nursing work during the Crimean War and for publishing the first autobiography written by a woman of African descent in Britain.

Seacole was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to a Creole mother who ran a boarding house and had herbalist skills as a "doctress". In 1990, Seacole was (posthumously) awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit. In 2004, she was voted the greatest Black Briton in a survey conducted in 2003 by the black heritage website Every Generation.

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