H.G. WELLS
Name: Herbert George Wells
Born: 21 September 1866 Bromley, Kent, England
Died: 13 August 1946 London, England
Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946), better known as
H. G. Wells, was an English writer most famous today for his science fiction
novels The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men
in the Moon and The Island of Dr Moreau. He was a prolific writer of both
fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many genres, including
contemporary novels, history, and social commentary. He was an outspoken
socialist, his later works becoming increasingly political and didactic. Only
his early science fiction novels are widely read today. Wells and Jules Verne
are each sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".
Herbert George Wells, the fourth and last child of Joseph Wells (a former
domestic gardener, and at the time shopkeeper and cricketer) and his wife Sarah
Neal (a former domestic servant), was born at Atlas House, 47 High Street,
Bromley, in the county of Kent. The family was of the impoverished lower-middle-class.
An inheritance had allowed them to purchase a china shop, though they quickly
realised it would never be a prosperous concern: the stock was old and worn out,
and the location was poor. They managed to earn a meagre income, but little of
it came from the shop. Joseph sold cricket bats and balls and other equipment at
the matches he played at, and received an unsteady amount of money from the
matches, since at that time there were no professional cricketers, and payment
for skilled bowlers and batters came from voluntary donations afterwards, or
from small payments from the clubs where matches were played.
Name: Herbert George Wells
Born: 21 September 1866 Bromley, Kent, England
Died: 13 August 1946 London, England
Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946), better known as
H. G. Wells, was an English writer most famous today for his science fiction
novels The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men
in the Moon and The Island of Dr Moreau. He was a prolific writer of both
fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many genres, including
contemporary novels, history, and social commentary. He was an outspoken
socialist, his later works becoming increasingly political and didactic. Only
his early science fiction novels are widely read today. Wells and Jules Verne
are each sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".
Herbert George Wells, the fourth and last child of Joseph Wells (a former
domestic gardener, and at the time shopkeeper and cricketer) and his wife Sarah
Neal (a former domestic servant), was born at Atlas House, 47 High Street,
Bromley, in the county of Kent. The family was of the impoverished lower-middle-class.
An inheritance had allowed them to purchase a china shop, though they quickly
realised it would never be a prosperous concern: the stock was old and worn out,
and the location was poor. They managed to earn a meagre income, but little of
it came from the shop. Joseph sold cricket bats and balls and other equipment at
the matches he played at, and received an unsteady amount of money from the
matches, since at that time there were no professional cricketers, and payment
for skilled bowlers and batters came from voluntary donations afterwards, or
from small payments from the clubs where matches were played.