HG Wells was born on September 21, 1866 in Bromley, England as Herbert George Wells. His parents were Sarah and Joseph Wells. Joseph, his father owned a hardware store. Herbert also had two brothers and a sister: Frank, Fred and Fanny Wells. His parents were often worried about Herbert's poor health. They thought he would die young, like his older sister. At the age of seven, Herbert had an accident. They should have watched him more carefully. During this period he read books. Unfortunately, his father's shop went bankrupt. His family was in financial difficulty. The boys were apprenticed to a draper [a person who sells clothes and dry goods], and his mother became a governess. Wells was at his mother's workplace and discovered the owner's library. He read Jonathan Swift, Voltaire and many others. In his early adolescence he became an assistant to a cloth merchant. He hated his job, so he eventually left, but his mother wasn't happy. Wells wanted to become a teacher, so he found a way to continue learning in his own way. He won a scholarship to the Normal School of Sciences. While there he learned physics, chemistry, astronomy, and biology, among other subjects. Wells also devoted most of his time to trying to become a writer. During college, he published a time travel story titled "The Chronic Argonauts," which aided his future literary success. Career In 1895, it was as if Wells became an overnight literary sensation when he published the novel The Time Machine. Wells continued to write what were called scientific novels. He has published science fiction books such as The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man and War of the Worlds. In addition to fiction, Wells wrote many essays, articles, and nonfiction books... mid-paper... over about 50 years, Wells devoted much of his life to writing and producing during this period. time. Wells remained productive until the end of his life, but his attitude began to change in a negative way in his final days. The last thing he wrote was in “Mind at the End of Its Tether” in 1945. It was an essay that was completed when he would soon die. He died in London on 13 August 1946. Wells was remembered as an author, historian and supporter of certain social and political ideals. Over the years they called him “the father of futurism”. But today he is mostly called or known as “the father of science fiction”. Many of his films have returned to the big screen in recent times. They remade War of the Worlds in 2005 with Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning. In 1961 he was nominated and won the Hugo Award for The War of the Worlds..