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H. G. Wells

Also known as Wells, Herbert George, H.G. Wells, Herbert Wells, Herbert G. Wells, Herbert George Wells

English writer (1866–1946)

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H. G. Wells was a male writer, historian, journalist, and science fiction writer born Herbert George Wells on 21 September 1866 in Bromley, Kent, England. He was educated at the University of London and wrote in English. His notable works include The Outline of History, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Dr Moreau. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Wells died in London on 13 August 1946. He was the father of George Philip Wells and the son of Joseph Wells. His unmarried partners included Amber Reeves, Rebecca West, Margaret Sanger, and Odette Keun. His works have been referenced by 3,186 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 21 September 1866
Died: 13 August 1946
Works: 9847

Top works

Outline of History
Certain personal matters
The works of H. G. Wells
Ka-asher ha-yashen hitʻorer
Shall we have a world language?

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Film & TV

Writing · Bromley, Kent, England, UK

Herbert George Wells, known primarily as H. G. Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games.

Known for

Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым — Self (archive footage)2016
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau — Self (archive footage)2014
BBC: The Voice of Britain — Self1935

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1866
Active to: 1946

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 998
Total plays: 17,197

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 15,420x
AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both
· 2017 · cited 8,153x
Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,794x
An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Statement: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Evidence-based Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management
· 2011 · cited 6,096x
Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018
· 2018 · cited 5,840x

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Quotes

“How small the vastest of human catastrophes may seem at a distance of a few million miles.”
“"We were making the future," he said, "and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is!"”
“The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is or has been is but the twilight of the dawn.”
“Great and little cannot understand one another. But in every child born of man, Father Redwood, lurks some seed of greatness — waiting for the Food.”
“They may fight against greatness in us who are the children of men, but can they conquer? Even if they should destroy us every one, what then? Would it save them? No! For greatness is abroad, not only in us, not only in the Food, but in the purpose of all things! It is in the nature of all things, it is part of space and time. To grow and still to grow, from first to last that is Being, that is the law of life. What other law can there be?”
“Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: George
Family name: Wells
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Bromley
Place of death: London
Father: Joseph Wells
Occupation: screenwriter
Position held: president
Educated at: University of London
Political party: Labour Party
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
Student of: Thomas Henry Huxley
Field of work: science fiction literature
Genre: essay
Image: H.G. Wells by Beresford.jpg
Significant event: Nazi book burnings
Political ideology: socialism

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Commons category: H. G. Wells
date of birth: 1866-09-21
date of death: 1946-08-13
topic's main category: Category:H. G. Wells
unmarried partner: Elizabeth von Arnim
Commons gallery: H. G. Wells
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
Commons Creator page: Herbert George Wells
cause of death: liver tumor
birth name: Herbert George Wells
start of work period: 1895-00-00
ethnic group: English people
has works in the collection: J. Paul Getty Museum
writing language: English language
name in native language: Herbert George Wells
medical condition: diabetes
manner of death: natural causes
archives at: Harry Ransom Center
pseudonym: Sosthenes Smith
member of: Fabian Society
has written for: The Saturday Evening Post
P12749: Felix Fabri

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Works in European collections

22 objects attributed to H. G. Wells, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. Wells is most known today for his groundbreaking science fiction novels; he has sometimes been called the "father of science fiction", a title that has also been given to Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback.

In addition to his fame as a writer, he was prominent in his lifetime as a forward-looking, even prophetic social critic who devoted his literary talents to the development of a progressive vision on a global scale. As a futurist, he wrote a number of utopian works and foresaw the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, satellite television and something resembling the World Wide Web. His science fiction imagined time travel, alien invasion, invisibility, and biological engineering before these subjects were common in the genre. Brian Aldiss referred to Wells as the "Shakespeare of science fiction", while Charles Fort called him a "wild talent".

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