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Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge)

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Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866–1946) British novelist and social philosopher. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, the son of an unsuccessful tradesman and a lady's maid. As the result of a boyhood accident he became an omnivorous reader, which provided an opportunity to supplement his meagre elementary-school education. When he was fourteen his father became insolvent and the Wells home broke up, with H. G. Wells, after several false starts, being apprenticed to a draper. Although he loathed the job it gave him time to study. In 1883 he managed to obtain a place as a student ...

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