H. G. Wells (born Herbert George Wells) was a visionary British author who profoundly shaped modern literature with his prophetic imagination. Born into a working-class family in Kent, England, Wells earned a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London, where his studies in biology and evolution deeply influenced his later fiction. In 1895, he published his debut novel, The Time Machine, which became an immediate sensation and popularized the concept of time travel. Wells went on to pen legendary masterpieces like The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau. Beyond his science fiction, he was a passionate social reformer, historian, and futurist who famously predicted military tanks, aerial warfare, and the internet decades before they existed.
H. G. Wells (born Herbert George Wells) was a visionary British author who profoundly shaped modern literature with his prophetic imagination. Born into a working-class family in Kent, England, Wells earned a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London, where his studies in biology and ...