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Author Biography
Herbert George "H.G." Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer best known forhis timeless science fiction novels, including The Time Machine, The Island of DoctorMoreau, and The War of the Worlds. After winning a scholarship to the prestigiousNormal School of Science in London, where he studied biology and helped found TheScience School Journal, he became a teacher and embarked on an impressive literarycareer that resulted in four Nobel Prize nominations. Wells also wrote extensively onpolitics and social matters and was one of the foremost public intellectuals of his day.
