Título: H. G. Wells
Seção: Life
Background: Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946), usually referred to as H. G. Wells, was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, satire, biography, and autobiography, including even two books on war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. During his own lifetime, however, he was most prominent as a forward-looking, even prophetic social critic who devoted his literary talents to the development of a progressive vision on a global scale.

Conteúdo: Herbert George Wells was born at Atlas House, 162 High Street in Bromley, Kent, on 21 September 1866. Called "Bertie" in the family, he was the fourth and last child of Joseph Wells (a former domestic gardener, and at the time a shopkeeper and professional cricketer) and his wife, Sarah Neal (a former domestic servant). An inheritance had allowed the family to acquire a shop in which they sold china and sporting goods, although it failed to prosper: the stock was old and worn out, and the location was poor. Joseph Wells managed to earn a meagre income, but little of it came from the shop and he received an unsteady amount of money from playing professional cricket for the Kent county team. Payment for skilled bowlers and batsmen came from voluntary donations afterwards, or from small payments from the clubs where matches were played.  A defining incident of young Wells's life was an accident in 1874 that left him bedridden with a broken leg. To pass the time he started reading books from the local library, brought to him by his father. He soon became devoted to the other worlds and lives to which books gave him access; they also stimulated his desire to write. Later that year he entered Thomas Morley's Commercial Academy, a private school founded in 1849 following the bankruptcy of Morley's earlier school. The teaching was erratic, the curriculum mostly focused, Wells later said, on producing copperplate handwriting and doing the sort of sums useful to tradesmen. Wells contin

user: Where was he born

assistant: Herbert George Wells was born at Atlas House, 162 High Street in Bromley, Kent,

user: What date was he born on

assistant: 21 September 1866.

user: What was he called by his family and did he have siblings

assistant: Called "Bertie" in the family, he was the fourth and last child

user: What was his fathers name and what did he do

assistant: Joseph Wells (a former domestic gardener, and at the time a shopkeeper and professional cricketer

user: What was his mothers name and job

assistant: Sarah Neal (a former domestic servant).

user: What happened to him as a child

assistant: A defining incident of young Wells's life was an accident in 1874 that left him bedridden with a broken leg.

user: Why was this so signififcant

assistant: soon became devoted to the other worlds and lives to which books gave him access; they also stimulated his desire to write.

user: What did he try later that year

assistant: Later that year he entered Thomas Morley's Commercial Academy, a private school founded in 1849 following the bankruptcy of Morley's earlier school.