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Cicely Saunders

Cicely Saunders, English nurse, social worker, physician and writer (died 2005)

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Born
June 22, 1918
Died
July 14, 2005
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1918

About Cicely Saunders

Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders was an English nurse, social worker, physician and writer. She is noted for her work in terminal care research and her role in the birth of the hospice movement, emphasising the importance of palliative care in modern medicine, and opposing the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia. In 1977, she was awarded an honorary Lambeth doctorate by the Archbishop of Canterbury. She later was made a Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great (awarded by the Pope) In 1979, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).

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Cicely Saunders timeline

  1. In 1977, she was awarded an honorary Lambeth doctorate by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
  2. She later was made a Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great (awarded by the Pope) In 1979, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).

The world when Cicely Saunders was born

Cicely Saunders was born in 1918. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1918

  • Best-selling book"The U.P. Trail" – Zane Grey

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentWorld Series played in September due to WWI
  • Top headlineWorld War I ends — Spanish Flu pandemic begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular airmail service
  • World population~1.78B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population102.0M

1918 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Cicely Saunders's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19182026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population102.0M341 million

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