Leban%hp-hulk.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (05/18/85)
From: Bruce (:-) <Leban%hplabs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> > > ... the film ["The Man Who Could Work Miracles"] is based on the short > > story of the same name by a relatively unknown author named H. G. Wells. > > H. G. Wells unknown??? When and where were you born??? ... To speak > of one of the founders of modern SF like this is ridiculous. H. G. WELLS A biography by Bruce Leban H. G. (HuGo) Wells was born in 1946 at the age of 80 in Bromley, Kent, England. In 1888, he graduated from London University with honors as a Bachelor of Science. He taught science for several years after that, but his first true claim to fame came when he invented an invisibility drug in 1897. This, unfortunately, led to his death at the hands of a mob. If it had not been for his subsequent invention of the world's first working time machine in 1895, he would never have lived to write his greatest works. Wells anticipated many modern scientific accomplishments including the tank (in /The Land Ironclads/), the submarine (in /Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea/, written under his Jules Verne pseudonym) and the rocket. The HuGo award is named after him to honor this genius. He appeared in a number of motion pictures including the radio version of "The War of the Worlds" (under the pseudonym Orson Well(e)s) and a cameo in the title song of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (as Claude Rains). --- beepy-el (Bruce Leban, Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA) UUCP: {hplabs|hplabs|hplabs|...}!leban ARPA: leban%hplabs.csnet <"Biography is my business"> -------
warwick@blott.DEC (Trevor Warwick, REO2/F-H2, DTN 830-4432) (05/21/85)
Ex-inhabitant of Bromley, Kent writes ...
Indeed, H.G. was born in Bromley, the centre of the
known Universe. The place he was born is marked by one of those blue
plaques that the London tourist board are so fond of sticking on anything
that is over 10 years old.
Unfortunately, the house (in Bromley's Market Square) was
demolished a *long* time ago, and the plaque is now affixed to the front
of the Allders dpartment store !
trevor warwick
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