The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
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 H@nbert Geozge WeEls 1s one Of the An5st modest retEfng vzEat tsrs of tf1e @aTs which Qaite likely accounts for the GAct that his name publ1c1y has heweR got beyond that sElrz zAz1en Fl G. EEsIIs Indeed, Wells frequently does nct sisa his mama st aA to business letfsts. letting the scanned address dn his sz zcnns<y suffice.
 Waals ewes his career to hexnote 1llaes Of the lungs. w4tzs0sH which he z zosssd now u'obal1ly be professor Of
 He was born about forty seven eaEs ago at BxcanSsy, Kent in tlls souzh ok England, and at an early age afl1gsssa dsaBe 1Er sctenl1ic study He stzl<ldasd at the Royal Cou&ge af Snaezsces took tiin degree pf B- SC. at the University Of London and for. aev- 6xnl 5reeszss taught ba5l6e;y at the Uzli- yarsity TntpziaI college ill, Bed Itso1l prfuare He yF4osn a textbook on bs- oloay witch ttzcted so lhzsdh attsn- tion fhat t was even tra aslafed alto
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 It seemed that his lEfe work was mapped os1E along deHha2te Hnes when nsad6aenfy eknae a severe he11or1hage. ae recognised fts N'aEn1ng and knew Shat he mus give rzR at least tor q k1Ine his e6ucaftonaA Nrud K and seek a1zaethlne enftFeEy sedeazEaEy. He be nan wrftahe azfitaes for Sa1ous Lon. don ,ers, and hi work at &faet4d the attentton ee H. R- Marriott < " ataon E1eKouRh MT Watson he made the lkzRlnfance ef w R Hen Icy, who WAS glad to a974sse and help hsfn to.s sas,a HtsaEy fatnre Soon he began b sq rte books, aclliev v9ng success 1n. mo1e vary1ng dareefiozs than per haas anx dtlser Eng1hah writer. The readixx ps15zfc hss not yet recovered er0En aira.azszzez$< at khe ladtude Of his leznes and lozs and his complete i l11ste<y oHe1 each
 He ls nok, hosseEer. ca1eature os moods and szzifking pers itaeas He ia m7aide up Of many sexs a& . c1aHxaeters iGl1An h17alseES and 1t 1s tne develop mneaaE Of each cf these that has com, hinen 4o make fhe great We11s of to day master expaaant of liberalism m 2tz broaz1est sense. Ills zest is tc 2 study and analy1e All the tendencies [ of se lime. and he res1eal's sn Of them { flluznlnat1nglys exAsp1y and toaerantly 5ia present I,erse Tlaziky een1pae4ly dis p1Hys aH those varying. in1vt11al per 2 s0aaz winch he first when develop f Ing and assembling his strangfh. !. dis dRlayed one by one
 { Nearly twenty years ago, h his s-Se fleet GonT nsaEions With an Uncle, he sIiscurHfve little sketches were limited nnd
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 Ezsh nlo1e perfectd degree ana form an his xoElosdng @scienE fcn stories 1sr11e First Man Tn the ldnons F The srirae 1Eaehfness DE More aus 1zslazaf- 2 5ut fEere vas nothing as yet creative zoua1 or imaginative in them lsEpssIls WAS 5nsk a clever worknoan
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 Eono- -BungayD and The New Mach zaarslIiv showed powerful mentaafts In eonplete contrua oa atseh and of fts
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