Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, sociologist and historian. He was considered one of the most political thinkers of the 1920’s and 1930’s. He was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866. His father was a professional cricket player and shopkeeper, but once he broke his leg he became a full time shopkeeper. He was not very successful. H.G. Wells developed a love for literature at an early age.

He received a basic education at a local school, and then became a draper’s apprentice. He did not like this work, so in 1883 he went to college. He went there for four years, but then left with no degree. In 1893 he became a full time writer. He became a novelist when he published “The Time Machine” in 1895. It is one of his most well known books, and is considered one of the first science fiction novels.

Other well-known novels of his include “The Invisible Man”, “War of the Worlds” and “The Island of Doctor Moreau” which made its debut shortly after “The Time Machine”. Wells also wrote a number of short stories and poems. In 1903, his concern for society led him to join the Fabian society. There he had many quarrels with George Bernard Shaw, one of the society leaders. In 1914, he married Rebecca West, and the two had a son, Anthony West.

H.G. Wells lived through World War II . His last book was called “A Mind at the End of its Tether”, and was about the future of mankind which Wells viewed with contempt. H.G. Wells died in London on August 13, 1946 while working on a project that explained the dangers of nuclear war.