Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848) was an English poet and schoolteacher on friendly terms with Mary Wollstonecraft, Anna Letitia Barbauld and several other writers of her period. A recent critic has noted in her work "technical virtuosity, masked by claims of metrical irregularity, and a profound questioning of Romantic values."Richard C. Sha: "Cristall, Ann Batten" in: Frederick Burwick, ed.: Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature (Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 2012) Retrieved 19 October 2015
