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Richmal Crompton Lamburn (November 15, 1890–January 11, 1969) was a British writer, most famous for her Just William short stories. Image File history File links RichmalCrompton. ... Image File history File links RichmalCrompton. ... Jump to: navigation, search November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Just William is the first book of childrens short stories about William Brown written by Richmal Crompton, published in 1922. ...

Early life

She was born at Bury in Lancashire, the second child of Reverend Edward John Sewell Lamburn, a teacher at the Bury Grammer School and his wife Clara (née Crompton). Her brother, John Battersby Crompton Lamburn also became a writer, under the name John Lambourne and is remembered for his fantasy novel The Kingdom That Was (1931). Location within the British Isles Bury is a town on the northern side of Greater Manchester in North West England, between Rochdale and Bolton and just west of the M66. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ...

Crompton attended schools in Lancashire and Derbyshire, including St Elphin’s, a boarding school for daughters of the clergy in Warrington, Lancashire, and later won a scholarship to study at the Royal Holloway College in London, receiving a BA Honours degree in Classics. She also took part in the Women's Suffrage movement at the time. She returned to St Elphin’s as the Classics mistress in 1914, and later, at age 27, moved to Bromley High School in southeast London where she began her writing in earnest. Having contracted poliomyelitis, she was left without the use of her right leg in 1923. She gave up her teaching career and began to write full-time. She died in 1969 at her home in Farnborough in Kent. She was a close contemporary of Enid Blyton. Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... Jump to: navigation, search Warrington, the United Kingdomâ€™s third biggest town (as opposed to city), is a town and borough in North West England, between Manchester and Liverpool. ... A scholarship is an award of access to an institution and/or a financial aid award for an individual (a scholar) for the purposes of furthering their education. ... University Logo Royal Holloway, University of London is a college of the University of London located in Egham, Surrey, England. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search For other meanings, see Classics (disambiguation) Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ... Jump to: navigation, search The movement for womens suffrage, led by suffragists (commonly called suffragettes), was a social, economic and political reform movement aimed at extending the suffrage (the right to vote) to women, advocating equal suffrage (abolition of graded votes) rather than universal suffrage (abolition of all discrimination... Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Farnborough is a place in the London Borough of Bromley. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image:Blytonp. ...

Work

Crompton's best known books are the William stories, about a mischievous 11-year old schoolboy and his band of friends, known as the Outlaws. The first short story featuring William was Rice Mould published in Home Magazine in 1919. In 1922 came the first collection, titled Just William. She wrote 38 other William books throughout her life. The last, William the Lawless was published posthumously in 1970. The William books sold over nine million copies, and were also adapted for films, stage-plays, BBC radio and television series. Jump to: navigation, search 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Posthumous means after death. ... Jump to: navigation, search Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ...

Crompton also wrote adult fiction - both novels as well as short stories, starting with The Innermost Room (1923). Even William was originally created for grown-up audiences. She once hinted that the success of William came in the way of recognition for her other writing - the novels. Her first published tale, concerning a little boy named Thomas, a forerunner of William, who reacts against authority, was published in The Girls’ Own Paper in 1918. Crompton tried several times to reformulate William for other audiences. Jimmy (1949) was aimed at younger children, and Enter - Patricia (1927) at girls. Crompton wrote two more Jimmy books, but no more Patricia, as neither was successful as William. Jump to: navigation, search 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Crompton's fiction is largely centred around family and social life, dwelling on the constraints that they place on individuals while also nurturing them. This is best seen in her depiction of children as puzzled and helpless (not always, though) victims of grown-up concern with societal mores.

References

List of published works

Just William series

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William-like books

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