article_snippet: But The guide there never mentioned the Florence that might have made English visitors prick up English visitors ears.
article_snippet: Indeed, The guide there had never even heard of Florence Nightingale who was born in that city and was given that city name.
article_snippet: The Nightingale family had a penchant for strange first names:
article_snippet: Florence’s elder sister Parthenope was called after an ancient name for Naples, where The Nightingale family was living at the time of Florence’s elder sister Parthenope birth.
article_snippet: I suppose that both girls were glad that at the time of both girls births, The Nightingale family had not been living in Croydon… .