Francis Leslie Ashton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francis Leslie Ashton

British writer

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1904

Place of Birth: Chapel-en-le-Frith, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jul-1994

Profession: novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Francis Leslie Ashton (24 June 1904 – July 1994) was a British writer known for his first novel Breaking of the Seals in 1946 and a kind of sequel Alas, That Great City from 1948.
The two novels concern disasters involving objects orbiting the Earth in prehistoric times.
In 1952 he co-wrote Wrong Side of the Moon, which concerns space travel.