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| Born | Mary Jane Grant, 23 November 1805, Kingston, Colony of Jamaica |
| Died | 14 May 1881 (aged 75), Paddington, London, England |
| Other names | Mother Seacole |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation | Hotelier, boarding house keeper, author, world traveller |
| Known for | Assistance to sick and wounded military personnel during Crimean War |
| Honours | Order of Merit (Jamaica) |
About Mary Seacole
Remembered for her 1857 memoir Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, this Jamaican-born writer and nurse assisted soldiers during the Crimean War and fought for racial tolerance by openly celebrating her multi-ethnic heritage.
Mary Seacole before fame
She initially moved from Jamaica to England in the early 1820s, where she lived for a year and tried to overcome the racial prejudice she experienced.
Achievement of Mary Seacole
During the Crimean War, she came to Crimea (modern-day Ukraine) and built the British Hotel, a hospital and rest facility.
Mary Seacole family life
She was born Mary Journalist Jane Grant and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, the daughter of a Scottish military man and a Jamaican medicine woman. She married Edwin Horatio Hamilton Seacole in the 1830s.
Associations of Mary Seacole
She and Activist Florence Nightingale were both nurses who cared for troops who were injured during the Crimean War.
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Latest information about Mary Seacole updated on March 19 2022.
