Richmal Crompton

Richmal Crompton Lamburn (November 15 1890–January 11 1969) was a British writer, most famous for her Just William short stories.

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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 (n?e 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).

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