Francis Godwin

Description: (British Historian, Writer and Bishop of Llandaff)
Francis Godwin is credited with being the first science-fiction author of English literature, for his tale of space travel in The Man in the Moone. His works are said to have inspired authors such as Jonathan Swift, directly or indirectly. He was also the bishop of Llandaff and of Hereford.

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Died on March 31, 1633
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