- Richmal Mangnall
Richmal Mangnall (
March 7 ,1769 -May 1 ,1820 ), English schoolmistress. She was born, probably, atManchester .She was a pupil and finally mistress of a school at Crofton Hall in
Crofton, West Yorkshire , nearWakefield , Yorkshire, which she conducted most successfully until her death there on the 1st of May 1820. She was the author of "Historical and Miscellaneous Questions for the Use of Young People" (1800), generally known as "Mangnall's Questions", which was prominent in the education of English girls in the first half of the 19th century.External Link:
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp06903&rNo=9&role=art Portrait of Richmal Mangnall, by John Downman, watercolour, 1814, located at the National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London]References
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