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Excerpt from Mankind in the Making
I would, however, like to express my especial indebtedness to my friend, Mr. Graham Wallas, who generously toiled through the whole Of my type written copy and gave me much valuable advice, to Mr. C. G. Stuart Menteath for some valuable references, and to Mr. F. G. H. Tate for the facts tabulated in Appendix II.
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Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946)-known as H. G. Wells-was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897) and The War of the Worlds (1898). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.