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min-height:50px; float:right; clear:right; display: flex; align-items: center; margin:2px 2px 2px 20px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #ccc; box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #888888;"><div style="display: flex; align-items=stretch;"><div style="min-width:50px; margin:0px 5px 0px 2px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-around;"><a href="/wiki/Project:Notables"><img alt="Notables Project" src="/photo.php/a/a2/WikiTree_Image_Library-37.png" width="50" height="50" border="0" class="scale-with-grid"/></a></div></div><div class="SMALL">H G Wells is Notable.</div></div> <p>H. G. Wells was one of the best known of modern British writers. He was a novelist, historian, scientific writer, sociologist and one of the foremost literary figures of his time. His most notable science fiction works include The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau. </p><p>Herbert George Wells was born at Atlas House, 46 High Street, Bromley, in Kent,[8] on 21 September 1866. Called “Bertie” in the family, he was the fourth and last child of <a href="/wiki/Wells-6974" title="Wells-6974">Joseph Wells</a> (a former domestic gardener, and at the time a shopkeeper and professional cricketer) and his wife, <a href="/wiki/Neal-1732" title="Neal-1732">Sarah Neal</a> (a former domestic servant). </p><p>The boy was a brilliant student and won scholarships to the Royal College of Science and to London University. After he graduated in 1888, Wells worked as a private tutor in biology for several years. In 1893 he returned to London and became a journalist. </p><p>He achieved his first fame with a series of fantastic scientific novels that were intended to express his social theories, but which people enjoyed as romances instead. Later Wells began to write humorous, satirical novels of English life, such as his Kipps and Love and Mr. Lewisham. Wells thought of himself as something of a political prophet. In his last years he made many gloomy predictions in such works as The Shape of Things to Come. </p><p>In 1891, <sup id="_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup>Wells married his cousin <a href="/wiki/Wells-7869" title="Wells-7869">Isabel Mary Wells</a>; the couple agreed to separate in 1894 <sup id="_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup>when he fell in love with one of his students, <a href="/wiki/Robbins-3132" title="Robbins-3132">Amy Catherine Robbins</a> (later known as Jane), whom he married in 1895. <sup id="_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-2" title="">[3]</a></sup>He had two sons with Jane: George Philip (known as "Gip") in 1901 (d.1985) and Frank Richard in 1903 (d.1982). The marriage lasted until her death in 1927. </p><p>In September 1912, author and literary critic <a href="/wiki/Fairfield-311" title="Fairfield-311">Rebecca West</a> criticized writer H. G. Wells in a provocative review of his novel Marriage. The review attracted Wells's interest and an invitation to lunch. The two writers became lovers in late 1913, and their 10-year relationship produced a son, English author and literary critic <a href="/wiki/Fairfield-310" title="Fairfield-310">Anthony West</a>, born on 4 August 1914. Well's friendship with West lasted until his death in 1946. </p><p>Wells died of unspecified causes on 13 August 1946 at his home at 13 Hanover Terrace, Regent's Park, London, aged 79. He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium on 16 August 1946, his ashes scattered at sea near Old Harry Rocks. A commemorative blue plaque in his honor was installed at his home in Regent's Park. </p> <a name="Census_returns"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Census returns </span></h3> <ul><li> 1871: Herbert Wells, age 4, born Bromley, Kent, England. Parents Joseph Wells (42) and Sarah Wells (43). Siblings Frances Wells (14), Frederick Wells (8). Resident 47 High Street , Bromley, Kent<sup id="_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup> </li><li> 1881: Herbert G . Wells, age 14, born Bromley, Kent, England. Boarder at grammar school, South Street, Midhurst, Sussex.<sup id="_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#_note-4" title="">[5]</a></sup> </li><li> 1891: Herbert G Wells, age 24, born Bromley, Kent, England; nephew of Mary Wells (age 54); resident 46 Fitzroy Road, St Pancras<sup id="_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#_note-5" title="">[6]</a></sup> </li><li> 1901: Herbert G Wells, age 34, born Bromley, Kent, England. Wife: Amy C Wells (28). Resident: Spade House, Sandgate.<sup id="_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#_note-6" title="">[7]</a></sup> </li><li> 1911: Herbert George Wells, age 44, born Bromley, Kent, England; resident 17 Church Row, Hampstead, London N W; wife Amy Catherine Wells (38); children George Philip Wells (9), Francis Richard Wells (7). <sup id="_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#_note-7" title="">[8]</a></sup> </li><li> In the 1921 census, Herbert (age 54 8 Months), Novelist & Journalist, was the married head of household in Little Canfield, Essex, England.<sup id="_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#_note-8" title="">[9]</a></sup> </li></ul> <a name="Sources"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Sources </span></h2> <ol class="references"><li id="_note-0"><a href="#_ref-0" title="">↑</a> The marriage of Herbert George Wells (teacher) & Isabel Mary Wells was conducted on 29 October 1891 Wandsworth All Saints, Surrey [ London, England, Marriages and Banns, (1754-1921)] </li> <li id="_note-1"><a href="#_ref-1" title="">↑</a> Wife's Pettion [U.K., Civil Divorce Records, (1858-1914)]</li> <li id="_note-2"><a href="#_ref-2" title="">↑</a> GRO Marriage Index, Pancras Vol. 1b, Page 309 q December 1895</li> <li id="_note-3"><a href="#_ref-3" title="">↑</a> 1871 England Census, ancestry.com. Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter and St Paul; Town: Bromley, Kent, England. Registration district: Bromley; Sub-registration district: Bromley; ED, institution, or vessel: 8; Household schedule number: 78; Piece: 873; Folio: 68; Page Number: 21.</li> <li id="_note-4"><a href="#_ref-4" title="">↑</a> 1881 England Census, ancestry.com. Registration district: Midhurst; Civil Parish: Midhurst; ED, institution, or vessel: 9; Piece: 1131; Folio: 36; Page Number: 16</li> <li id="_note-5"><a href="#_ref-5" title="">↑</a> 1891 England Census, ancestry.com. Registration district: Pancras; Sub registration district: Regent; ED, institution, or vessel: 24; Piece: 118; Folio: 137; Page Number: 14.</li> <li id="_note-6"><a href="#_ref-6" title="">↑</a> 1901 England Census, ancestry.com. Civil Parish: Sandgate St Paul, Kent, England. Registration district: Elham; Sub-registration district: Folkestone; ED, institution, or vessel: 12; Piece: 848; Folio: 70; Page Number: 27; Household schedule number: 164</li> <li id="_note-7"><a href="#_ref-7" title="">↑</a> 1911 England Census, ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, District 8 (Hampstead); ED, institution, or vessel: 6; Piece: 596.</li> <li id="_note-8"><a href="#_ref-8" title="">↑</a> <b>1921 Census</b>: "1921 England Census"<br/> The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; 1921 Census Returns; Reference: RG 15/9261, ED 35, Sch 47; Book: 09261; Registration District Number: 202; Schedule: 47<br/> <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30345645?token=7b22746f6b656e223a226b4862704b695a4a6d496e326a49494c4a3434696e7266446862426538486d52774674792f7250315a37343d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d" class="external text" title="https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30345645?token=7b22746f6b656e223a226b4862704b695a4a6d496e326a49494c4a3434696e7266446862426538486d52774674792f7250315a37343d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d" rel="nofollow">Ancestry Sharing Link</a> - <a href="https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=63150&h=13958888" class="external text" title="https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=63150&h=13958888" rel="nofollow">Ancestry Record 63150 #13958888</a> (accessed 23 January 2025)<br/> Herbert George Wells (54 years 8 months), married, Novelist & Journalist, head of household in Little Canfield, Essex, England. Born in Kent, England. </li></ol> <p>See Also: </p> <ul><li> Wikidata: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42511" class="external text" title="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42511" rel="nofollow">Item Q42511</a> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Wikidata" class="external text" title="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Wikidata" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.wikitree.com/images/icons/help.gif.pagespeed.ce.1TvA_97yy8.gif" alt="help.gif" class="scale-with-grid"/></a> </li><li>Wikipedia contributors. "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells" class="external text" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells" rel="nofollow">H. G. Wells</a>" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed 12 Feb 2017. </li><li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/30" class="external text" title="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/30" rel="nofollow">Works by H G Wells at Project Gutenberg</a> </li><li> The World Book Encyclopedia, Vol. 18, 1958, pp. 8701-8702. </li><li> 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. 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Between now and Wednesday is a good time to take a look at the sources and biography to see if there are updates and improvements that need made, especially those that will bring it up to WikiTree Style Guide standards. We know it's short notice, so don't fret too much. Just do what you can. </p><p>Thanks! </p><p>Abby </p> </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_7471615">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2023-07-10T19:31:57Z">Jul 10, 2023</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-8212" title="Brown-8212">Abby (Brown) Glann</a> </div> </div> <div id="comment_4989390" class="comment comment-depth-0 " data-comment-id="4989390" data-reply-to="0" data-depth="0">  <div class="comment-header"> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wells-22167" title="Wells-22167">Amber Wells</a> </div> <div class="comment-body"> Hi there,<p>I am a direct descendant of H.G. Wells on my mother’s side. He had a page written in our family bible which was unfortunately stolen before I was at an age to study it. </p><p>I would like to be put in touch with a genealogist in order to establish the exact link and build upon what is written on this page. I’m hoping I’ve come to the right place. </p><p>All messages welcome, thank you. </p> </div>  <div class="comment-info small"> <a href="#comment_4989390">posted</a> <time class="timeago" datetime="2020-10-20T23:42:30Z">Oct 20, 2020</time> by <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wells-22167" title="Wells-22167">Amber Wells</a> </div> </div> <button id="showArchivedButton" class="small comment-action" data-action="showArchived" data-page-id="8748077">View Archived Comments</button> </div> </div> </div> <script src="/skins/wikitree/comment.js.pagespeed.jm.tfE5YW9pu6.js"></script>  <div class="sixteen columns"> <br/>Rejected matches › <a href="/wiki/Wells-9432" target="_blank">George Arthur Wells (1864-)</a> › <a href="/wiki/Willis-6465" target="_blank">George Willis (1866-)</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-292" target="_blank">H S Wells</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-323" target="_blank">Gad Wells (1787-aft.1860)</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-1324" target="_blank">Raymond H. Wells</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-2779" target="_blank">Gordan Wells</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-2978" target="_blank">George Wells</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-3268" target="_blank">Herbert Wells (abt.1915-)</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-3381" target="_blank">William H. Wells (1868-1945)</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-3519" target="_blank">Herbert Wells</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-4117" target="_blank">Gale Wells</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-4355" target="_blank">Gillee Wells</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-4448" target="_blank">Grant Wells</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-5682" target="_blank">Guy Wells</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-13721" target="_blank">George Wells (1865-)</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-14107" target="_blank">Gurdon Wells</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wells-18111" target="_blank">George Wells (abt.1867-)</a> › <a href="/wiki/Willis-55" target="_blank">Gedediah Willis</a> › <a href="/wiki/Wallis-14" target="_blank">George Wallis (abt.1864-)</a> › <a href="/wiki/Willis-310" target="_blank">George M Willis (abt.1859-1909)</a> </div> <div class="sixteen columns"> <p> <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1851777/play-this-weeks-acadian-heritage-connection-checkers-game" title="Click here for the Acadian Connection Checkers game"><b>Acadian heritage</b></a> connections: H G is 27 degrees from Beyoncé Knowles, 25 degrees from Jean Béliveau, 20 degrees from Madonna Ciccone, 26 degrees from Rhéal Cormier, 24 degrees from Joseph Drouin, 24 degrees from Jack Kerouac, 24 degrees from Anne Murray, 26 degrees from Matt LeBlanc, 24 degrees from Roméo LeBlanc, 25 degrees from Azilda Marchand, 21 degrees from Marie Travers and 25 degrees from Clarence White on our <a href="/wiki/Help:Collaborative_Family_Tree" title="Here is more about the single family tree concept and how it works">single family tree</a>. <a href="/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin" title="Login or register for free">Login</a> to see how you relate to 33 million family members. </p></div>  </div> <div class="container"> <div class="sixteen columns"> <p align="center"><a href="/indexes/person/W/">W</a>  >  <a href="/genealogy/WELLS">Wells</a>  >  Herbert George Wells</p> <p>Categories: <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Royal_College_of_Science" title="Category:Royal College of Science">Royal College of Science</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Fabian_Society" title="Category:Fabian Society">Fabian Society</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:English_Authors" title="Category:English Authors">English Authors</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Literary_Notables" title="Category:Literary Notables">Literary Notables</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Bromley%2C_Kent_%28London%29" title="Category:Bromley, Kent (London)">Bromley, Kent (London)</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Regent%27s_Park%2C_Middlesex_%28London%29" title="Category:Regent's Park, Middlesex (London)">Regent's Park, Middlesex (London)</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Uppark%2C_South_Harting%2C_Sussex" title="Category:Uppark, South Harting, Sussex">Uppark, South Harting, Sussex</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Hugo_Award_Winners" title="Category:Hugo Award Winners">Hugo Award Winners</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Science_Fiction_Authors" title="Category:Science Fiction Authors">Science Fiction Authors</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Featured_Connections_Archive_2020" title="Category:Featured Connections Archive 2020">Featured Connections Archive 2020</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Featured_Connections_Archive_2023" title="Category:Featured Connections Archive 2023">Featured Connections Archive 2023</a></span> | <span dir='ltr'><a href="/wiki/Category:Notables" title="Category:Notables">Notables</a></span></p> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="sixteen columns"> <p><a href="/" title="Go to the WikiTree Home Page">WIKITREE HOME</a>   |   <a href="/wiki/Help:About_WikiTree" title="About WikiTree, the Community, and our Mission">ABOUT</a>   |   <a href="/g2g/" title="Genealogist-to-Genealogist Community Forum">G2G FORUM</a>   |   <a href="/wiki/Help:How_to_Use_WikiTree" title="Help: How to use WikiTree">HELP</a>   |   <a href="/wiki/Special:SearchPerson" title="Search for a Person">SEARCH</a></p> <p>IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. 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