1885: A young H.G. Wells studying biology.
H.G. Wells is probably best known as the author of The War of the Worlds and The Island of Doctor Moreau. But when this photo was taken in the 1880s he was studying biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School (later the Royal College) of Science, in South Kensington. Wells had been born into poverty in Bromley in Kent, but after winning a scholarship aged 18, he was able to pursue his studies and, in turn, a successful career as a novelist, journalist, sociologist, historian and godfather of modern science fiction.
H.G. Wells is probably best known as the author of The War of the Worlds and The Island of Doctor Moreau. But when this photo was taken in the 1880s he was studying biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School (later the Royal College) of Science, in South Kensington. Wells had been born into poverty in Bromley in Kent, but after winning a scholarship aged 18, he was able to pursue his studies and, in turn, a successful career as a novelist, journalist, sociologist, historian and godfather of modern science fiction.