H.G. Wells Biography

Born asHerbert George Wells
Occup.Author
FromEngland
SpouseCatherine Helen Spalding (1895–1927)
BornSeptember 21, 1866
Bromley, Kent, England
DiedAugust 13, 1946
London, England
Aged79 years
Herbert George Wells, typically known as H.G. Wells, was born on September 21, 1866, in Bromley, Kent, England. Wells was an influential writer, chronicler, and social analyst, best known for his science fiction novels.

Wells was the youngest of 4 children birthed to Joseph Wells, a garden enthusiast as well as store owner, and also Sarah Neal, a domestic employee. Upon having a crash at the age of 7, which left him bedridden for a while, Wells developed a very early love for reading. This passion intensified when he broke his leg at the age of 13 and also was required to remain at residence once more. Exposing himself to the jobs of different writers, Wells began formulating his own suggestions as well as artistically revealing them on paper.

In 1880, at the age of 14, Wells was apprenticed as a draper, an experience that would later inspire his unique, "The Wheels of Possibility". After numerous years of instructions, Wells handled to win a scholarship to the Typical School of Scientific Research in London, where he examined biology under the tutoring of the distinguished scientist, Thomas Henry Huxley. In 1888, Wells obtained his bachelor's degree in zoology and also took place to show as a lecturer at the Henley Home Institution in London.

Wells began his literary job by creating educational books and articles for numerous regulars. Nonetheless, he located his true calling when he delved into the category of sci-fi in the late 1890s. One of his initial released novels was "The moment Equipment" (1895), which presented the principle of time traveling and also became an instant success. Wells followed this novel with a number of various other science fiction standards, such as "The Unnoticeable Male" (1897), "The Battle of the Worlds" (1898), and also "The First Men in the Moon" (1901).

While Wells got to substantial popularity for his science fiction functions, he was also greatly associated with politics as well as social problems. He was a fan of socialism as well as eugenics, and also his non-fiction texts, like "Expectancies" (1901), explored the potential future of culture based upon scientific innovations. Wells likewise authored prominent background publications, such as "The Rundown of History" (1920).

Throughout his life, Wells was recognized for his troubled personal relationships. From his three significant charming relationships with females, he fathered 4 kids. He was wed to his first better half, Isabel Mary Wells, in between 1891 and 1895, and after that married to his second spouse, Amy Catherine Robbins, from 1895 till her fatality in 1927.

Wells was additionally familiarized with a variety of prominent figures, consisting of George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill, as well as George Orwell. His jobs greatly affected future authors, and he is credited as one of the leaders of modern sci-fi.

H.G. Wells died on August 13, 1946, in London. His work left a lasting heritage on the world of literature, as well as the tales he created remain to astound and also motivate target markets today.

Our collection contains 41 quotes who is written / told by Wells, under the main topics: Nature - History - Beauty - War - Time.

Related authors: George Bernard Shaw (Dramatist), Winston Churchill (Statesman), Terry Pratchett (Author), Holbrook Jackson (Writer), Lord Alfred Douglas (Poet), Alfred Noyes (Poet), William Gibson (Writer), Orson Welles (Actor), Samuel Butler (Poet), Anne McCaffrey (Author)

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41 Famous quotes by H.G. Wells

Small: Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race
"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race"
Small: Heresies are experiments in mans unsatisfied search for truth
"Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth"
Small: The uglier a mans legs are, the better he plays golf - its almost a law
"The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law"
Small: Our true nationality is mankind
"Our true nationality is mankind"
Small: Theres nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didnt abolish danger or
"There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile"
Small: Crime and bad lives are the measure of a States failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the commu
"Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community"
Small: If we dont end war, war will end us
"If we don't end war, war will end us"
Small: Beauty is in the heart of the beholder
"Beauty is in the heart of the beholder"
Small: After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and m
"After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true"
Small: Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober not to make us sorry but wise
"Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise"
Small: Advertising is legalized lying
"Advertising is legalized lying"
Small: Adapt or perish, now as ever, is natures inexorable imperative
"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative"
Small: A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension wil
"A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own"
Small: You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something
"You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something"
Small: While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to
"While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful"
Small: What really matters is what you do with what you have
"What really matters is what you do with what you have"
Small: We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century.
"We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century. We have made hardly any changes in our conception of university organization, education, graduation, for a century - for several centuries"
Small: I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own
"I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own"
Small: I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating
"I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea"
Small: I had rather be called a journalist than an artist
"I had rather be called a journalist than an artist"
Small: Human history in essence is the history of ideas
"Human history in essence is the history of ideas"
Small: Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe
"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe"
Small: History is a race between education and catastrophe
"History is a race between education and catastrophe"
Small: The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn
"The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn"
Small: Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable
"Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable"
Small: The past is but the past of a beginning
"The past is but the past of a beginning"
Small: The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in Americ
"The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in America; it is extraordinarily parallel to the successive 'policies' and 'Plans' of the Russian experiment. Americans shirk the word 'socialism', but what else can one call it?"
Small: In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening bet
"In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it"
Small: If you fell down yesterday, stand up today
"If you fell down yesterday, stand up today"
Small: Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since
"Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since the beginning"
Small: Cynicism is humor in ill health
"Cynicism is humor in ill health"
Small: There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engine
"There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection"
Small: One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good
"One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good"
Small: Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict bet
"Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind"
Small: Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge
"Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge"
Small: No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone elses draft
"No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft"
Small: Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo
"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo"
Small: Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against
"Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him"
Small: Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have
"Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit"
Small: It is not reasonable that those who gamble with mens lives should not pay with their own
"It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with their own"
Small: In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table
"In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table"