Richmal Mangnall

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Richmal Mangnall (March 7, 1769-May 1, 1820), English schoolmistress. She was born, probably, at Manchester.

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 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.

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• Portrait of Richmal Mangnall, by John Downman, watercolour, 1814, located at the National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.