![]() ![]() ![]() Later he became an apostle of socialism, science and progress, whose anticipations of a future world state include The Shape of Things to Come (1933). His prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction such as The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897) and The War of the Worlds (1898). ![]() Wells, who rose from obscurity to world fame, had an emotionally and intellectually turbulent life. He wrote more than a hundred books, including novels, essays, histories and programmes for world regeneration. He taught biology before becoming a professional writer and journalist. Huxley at the Normal School of Science, South Kensington. After two years' apprenticeship in a draper's shop, he became a pupil-teacher at Midhurst Grammar School and won a scholarship to study under T. Wells, the third son of a small shopkeeper, was born in Bromley in 1866. ![]()
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