H. G. Wells

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HGW began writing in his childhood and publishing just before the close of the nineteenth century. He was a journalist, novelist, historian and autobiographer, whose favourite fictional genres are science fiction on one hand and on the other realistic explorations of social and political conditions, including women's issues.

Milestones

21 September 1866

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells , British writer, scientific visionary, and later Don Juan, was born in Bromley, just south of London, the youngest of four children.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

13 August 1946

HGW , novelist, journalist, encyclopedist, scientific visionary, died in London.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.

Biography

Birth and Early Struggles

21 September 1866

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells , British writer, scientific visionary, and later Don Juan, was born in Bromley, just south of London, the youngest of four children.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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