Herbert George Wells 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.
- Occupation
- writer, historian, journalist, Idist
- Position held
- president
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
- Born
- September 21, 1866
