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John Rowland Ashton was born on 1917 in Manchester, England, is an A 20th-century english male writer. Discover John Rowland Ashton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

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Age 91 years old
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Born 1917, 1917
Birthday 1917
Birthplace Manchester, England
Date of death 2008
Died Place Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality Sweden

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1731

In 1731, the Swedish East India Company was founded and owed its initial success to the experience in the China trade of Colin Campbell.

Events overseas involved Gothenburg in Jacobite politics and in the Napoleonic Wars.

1917

John R. Ashton MBE (1917–2008) was an English writer, lecturer, local historian and educationist active in Sweden.

He was the former chairman of the British Factory.

He resided in Gothenburg, Sweden, with his Swedish wife Torborg.

John Rowland Ashton was born in Manchester, England, in 1917.

In his early life he studied law in London.

1952

He was employed by the Gothenburg Education Authority as English language teaching consultant in 1952, a post he held until 1982.

During this time he co-authored several English language teaching series, published in Sweden and Norway.

He also edited English texts for older students in Sweden, Germany and Holland.

1957

In 1957 he pioneered an English language teaching series on local television which he wrote and presented.

1960

He has also been active in the social life of the British community in Gothenburg being the vice-chairman of the English school (1960–1979) and a member of the English Church (St. Andrew’s) Council (1974–1998).

1979

He was awarded the MBE in 1979.

1980

He was elected a member of the ancient British Factory in 1980 and soon became chairman.

2003

In 2003 he wrote Lives and Livelihoods in Little London; The Story of the British in Gothenburg (1621–2001).

The book tells the fascinating story of why the Scots and English settled in Gothenburg and how a number of Scottish and English merchant families have contributed to the economic and cultural development of the city.

Trade across the North Sea, especially in iron-bars and timber, has for nearly three hundred years been of vast importance in the growth of the port of Gothenburg.

The influence of this trade on the commercial and social life of Gothenburg is reflected in that the city is sometimes called Little London.

The story of the lives and livelihoods of members of the Barclays, David Carnegie, Chalmers, Sir William Chambers, Chapman, James Dickson, John Hall, Gibson and Keiller families – to name but a few – is told against a backdrop of major historical events in Europe.

And that the influence of these families was positive and strong is indicated by the naming of streets in the city after them.

2008

John Ashton died in Gothenburg in 2008.

2017

In the 17th century, the supplying of hemp, tar, masts, deals and iron to the Royal Navy was a profitable trade for the Scottish merchants in the port of Gothenburg.

2019

The Scottish and English influence in the city was strong and beneficial in the 19th century.