H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was an English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds.

H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was an English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds and such comic novels as Tono-Bungay and The History of Mr. Polly. Herbert George Wells was born on Sept. 21, 1866, to a pair of shopkeepers in Kent, England. His first novel "The Time Machine" was an instant success and Wells produced a series of science fiction novels which pioneered our ideas of the future. His later work focused on satire and social criticism. Wells laid out his socialist views of human history in his "Outline of History." He died Aug. 13, 1946 in London.