Herbert George Wells was born 100 years ago on September 21 at Bromley in Kent. He took a science degree at the Royal College of Science, and taught science for some years. He made his name as a science writer with “The Time Machine.” “The Invisible Man,” and “The War of the Worlds.” Proving his superb versatility he wrote equally fine books with a sociological and psychological twist such as “Ann Veronica” and “Mr Kipps.” One of his most famous non-fiction works was “The Outline of History”—No-one else has ever covered such a huge subject so concisely and so briefly and yet seeming to miss nothing. Of books like “War of the Worlds” and “Things To Come” the fascinating thing is that so many of his prophecies came true. He lived to see them come true, too. He died in 1946.

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Herbert George Wells was born 100 years ago on September 21 at Bromley in Kent. He took a science degree at the Royal College of Science, and taught science for some years. He made his name as a science writer with “The Time Machine.” “The Invisible Man,” and “The War of the Worlds.” Proving his superb versatility he wrote equally fine books with a sociological and psychological twist such as “Ann Veronica” and “Mr Kipps.” One of his most famous non-fiction works was “The Outline of History”—No-one else has ever covered such a huge subject so concisely and so briefly and yet seeming to miss nothing. Of books like “War of the Worlds” and “Things To Come” the fascinating thing is that so many of his prophecies came true. He lived to see them come true, too. He died in 1946.