Richmal Mangnall
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Richmal Mangnall was an English schoolmistress. She was born, probably, at Manchester
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She was a pupil and finally mistress of a school at Crofton Hall in Crofton, West Yorkshire
, near Wakefield
, Yorkshire, which she conducted most successfully until her death there on 1 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.
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
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She was a pupil and finally mistress of a school at Crofton Hall in Crofton, West Yorkshire
Crofton, West Yorkshire
Crofton is a village near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is located roughly to the south east of the city and is roughly to the west of the town of Pontefract and from the town of Featherstone.-History:...
, near Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
, Yorkshire, which she conducted most successfully until her death there on 1 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.