Richmal crompton biography for kids
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Richmal Crompton facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Richmal Crompton Lamburn | |
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Richmal Crompton Lamburn, pictured on the cover of her biography | |
| Born | (1890-11-15)15 November 1890 Bury, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 11 January 1969(1969-01-11) (aged 78) Farnborough Hospital, Bromley, England |
| Pen name | Richmal Crompton |
| Occupation | Teacher, novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | English |
| Period | 1919 to 1969 |
| Genre | Children's literature, novels, short stories inspiring |
| Notable works | Just William |
Richmal Crompton Lamburn (15 November 1890 – 11 January 1969) was a popular English writer, best known for her Just William series of books, humorous short stories, and to a lesser extent adult fiction books.
Life
Richmal Crompton Lamburn was born in Bury, Lancashire, the second child of the Rev. Edward John Sewell Lamburn, a Classics master at Bury Grammar School and his wife Clara (née Crompton). Her brother, John Battersby Crompton Lamburn, also b
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WHAT IS POST POLIO SYNDROME
Post Polio Syndrome is a poorly understood condition that can affect people who have had polio in the past.
Polio is a viral infection that used to be common in the UK, but is now rare.
Most people who had Polio would have fought off the infection without even realising they were infected.
Some people with Polio would have had paralysis, muscle weakness and shrinking of the muscles. But usually, these problems would have either gone away over the following weeks or months, or remained the same for years afterwards.
Post Polio Syndrome is where some of these symptoms return or get worse many years or decades after the original polio infection.
SYMPTOMS OF POST POLIO SYNDROME
Post Polio Syndrome can include a wide range of symptoms that develop gradually over time, including:
persistent fatigue (extreme tiredness)
muscle weakness
shrinking muscles
muscle and joint pain
sleep apnoea
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Richmal Crompton Lamburn was born in Bury, Lancashire, UK on November 15th,1890. 'Ray' as she became known to her family and freinds,was the second child of a clergyman schoolmaster, Edward Lamburn and his wife Clara. Richmal had a sister, Gwen, who was 17 months older then herself and Jack who was born in 1893.There was another sister, Phyllis, born in 1894 who sadly died of whooping cough at just 14 months old.
She attended St Elphin's boarding school, in 1901, when she was eleven. After this,in 1911,she went to Royal Holloway College on a scholarship and then, in 1914 became a classics mistress at her old school St Elphin's and then at Bromley High School.
In the summer of 1923 she had a serious attack of Polio. There was no immunization against this dreaded disease in the 1920's which nearly always left the sufferer with some degree of disablement.Unfortunatly Richmal was no undantag and lost the use of her right leg, which remained immobile fo