Description:
Writer, born in Bromley, Kent. He was apprenticed to a draper, tried teaching, studied biology in London, then made his mark in journalism and literature. He played a vital part in disseminating the progressive ideas which characterized the first part of the 20th-c. He achieved fame with scientific fantasies such as The Time Machine (1895) and War of the Worlds (1898), and wrote a range of comic social novels which proved highly popular, notably Kipps (1905) and The History of Mr Polly (1910). Both kinds of novel made successful (sometimes classic) early films. A member of the Fabian Society, he was often engaged in public controversy, and wrote several socio-political works dealing with the role of science and the need for world peace, such as The Outline of History (1920) and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind
Birthday
September 21, 1866
Born In
Bromley, Kent, England, UK
Alternative names
HGWells Allthewayfrom1899
Spouse/Ex-
Amy Catherine Robbins 1895 - 1927 (her death),Isabel Mary Wells 1891 - 1895 (divorced)
Trivia
H.G. Wells was driving through San Antonio, Texas and stopped to ask the
way. The person he happened to ask was none other than Orson Welles who had
recently broadcast "The War of the Worlds" on the radio. They got on
well and spent the day together. (A recording also exists, of the two
discussing the broadcast and the public's reaction.)
Quotes
Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the
ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.
Nickname
The Man Who Invented Tomorrow
Trademarks
Frequently has a fire in his books (i.e. in the book The Time Machine, he sets a forest on fire).
