The Red Room and Other Stories

About The Author: Social philosopher utopian novelist and father of science fiction and science fantasy Herbert George Wells was born on September 21 1866 in Bromley Kent. His father was a poor businessman and young Bertie''s mother had to work as a lady''s maid. Living below stairs with his mother at an estate called Uppark Bertie would sneak into the grand library to read Plato Swift and Voltaire authors who deeply influenced his later works. He shoed literary and artistic talent in his early stories and paintings but the family had limited means and when he was fourteen years old Bertie was sent as an apprentice to a dealer in cloth and dry goods work he disliked. He held jobs in other trades before winning a scholarship to study biology at the Normal School of Science in London. The eminent biologist T. H. Huxley a friend and proponent of Darwin was his teacher; about him Wells later said I believed then he was the greatest man I was ever likely to meet. Under Huxley''s influence... Name: H. G. Wells Also Known As: Herbert George Wells (full name) Date of Birth: September 21 1866 Place of Birth: Bromley Kent England Date of Death: August 13 1946 Place of Death: London England Education: Normal School of Science London England Biography Social philosopher utopian novelist and father of science fiction and science fantasy Herbert George Wells was born on September 21 1866 in Bromley Kent. His father was a poor businessman and young Bertie''s mother had to work as a lady''s maid. Living below stairs with his mother at an estate called Uppark Bertie would sneak into the grand library to read Plato Swift and Voltaire authors who deeply influenced his later works. He shoed literary and artistic talent in his early stories and paintings but the family had limited means and when he was fourteen years old Bertie was sent as an apprentice to a dealer in cloth and dry goods work he disliked. He held jobs in oth