H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells was born in 1866 in Bromley, Kent, to a lower-middle-class family. A scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London brought him under the tutelage of the biologist T. H. Huxley, whose lectures on evolution profoundly shaped Wells's worldview. After working as a teacher and journalist, Wells published The Time Machine in 1895, launching one of the most prolific and influential literary careers of the modern era. In rapid succession he produced The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds, establishing himself as the father of modern science fiction. This author hub collects 3 works in the Canon Compass ranking, led by The Time Machine.