Wells, H. G.
Wells, H. G. , Herbert George Wells ( 1866 – 1946 ),born in Bromley, Kent, the son of an unsuccessful small tradesman and professional cricketer. He was apprenticed to a draper in early life, a period reflected in several of his novels. He then became assistant teacher at Midhurst Grammar School, studying by night and winning a scholarship in 1884 to the Normal School of Science in South Kensington, where he came under the lasting influence of T. H. Huxley . For some years, in poor health, he struggled as a teacher, studying and writing articles in his spare time; his marriage in 1891 to his cousin Isabel proved unhappy, and he eloped with his student Amy Catherine (‘Jane’) Robbins , whom he married in 1895 (though this did not prevent him from embarking on further liaisons, and continuing to criticize conventional marriage). In 1903 he joined the Fabian Society , but was soon at odds with it, his sponsor ...
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