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H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells

writer
Born: 9/21/1866
Birthplace: Bromley, Kent, England

Pioneering writer whose novels The Time Machine (1985), The Invisible Man (1897) and War of the Worlds (1898) were among the first science-fiction books. Wells wrote popular comic novels, essays examining the problems of modern life, a one-volume history of the world and an autobiography.

Died: 8/13/1946

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