Herbert George Wells was born in 1866 in Bromley, Kent, a few
miles from London, the son of a house-maid and gardener. Wells
died in 1946, a wealthy and famous author, having seen science
fiction become a recognized literary form and having seen the
world realize some of science fiction's fondest dreams and worst
fears. Wells mother attempted to find him a safe occupation as a
draper or chemist. Wells had a quick mind and a good memory that
enabled him to pass subjects by examination and win a
scholarship to the Normal School of Science, where he stayed for
three years and, most importantly, was exposed to biology under
the famous Thomas H. Huxley. Wells went into teaching and
writing text books and articles for the magazines that were of
that time. In 1894 he began to write science-fiction stories.
-James Wells vision of the future, with its troglodytic Morlocks
descended from the working class of his day and the pretty but
helpless Eloi devolved from the leisure class, may seem
antiquated political theory.