Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English author, journalist, and social commentator, widely regarded as one of the fathers of modern science fiction. Born in Bromley, Kent, to a working-class family, he won a scholarship to study biology in London under the famous biologist Thomas Henry Huxley, a scientific grounding that informed all his imaginative work.
In a remarkable early burst he produced the science-fiction romances that made his name: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds. These works introduced enduring ideas, time travel, alien invasion, genetic engineering, and invisibility, that have shaped the genre ever since.
Wells was also a prolific writer of realist novels, popular histories, and political and social commentary. A committed believer in social progress, he wrote extensively on science, education, and the future of humanity, including the bestselling The Outline of History.
His influence reaches across literature, film, and the broader culture, and his early scientific romances remain in print and widely adapted more than a century after they first appeared.
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