Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton OM, CH, CBE (17 September 1904 – 18 October 1988) was a leading international dancer and choreographer. He is most noted as the founder choreographer of The Royal Ballet in London, but also worked as a director and choreographer of opera, film and theatre revues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frederick Ashton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
