Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale, OM (12 May 1820 â 13 August 1910), was an English nurse. She helped create the modern techniques of nursing. She became a leader of the team of nurses who helped wounded soldiers during the Crimean War. She was the first female to receive the Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded to a British person.
Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley, on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 square miles (466.109/kmÂ²). San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County, the most affluent county in California. San Jose is the largest city in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 8.7 million people respectively.
California counties in the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco is both a city and a county. Santa Cruz County and San Benito County are not geographic counties in the Bay Area, having no borders on San Francisco Bay, but are in the federal San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area.