H.G. Wells(1866-1946)
- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Writer, born in Bromley, Kent. He was apprenticed to a draper, tried
teaching, studied biology in London, then made his mark in journalism
and literature. He played a vital part in disseminating the progressive
ideas which characterized the first part of the 20th-c. He achieved
fame with scientific fantasies such as The Time Machine (1895) and War
of the Worlds (1898), and wrote a range of comic social novels which
proved highly popular, notably Kipps (1905) and The History of Mr Polly
(1910). Both kinds of novel made successful (sometimes classic) early
films. A member of the Fabian Society, he was often engaged in public
controversy, and wrote several socio-political works dealing with the
role of science and the need for world peace, such as The Outline of
History (1920) and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind
