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Also Known As	Herbert George Wells
Born	September 21, 1866 • England
Died	August 13, 1946 (aged 79) • London • England
Notable Works	“A Modern Utopia” • “Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought” • “Experiment in Autobiography” • “Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul” • “Love and Mr. Lewisham” • “Mankind in the Making” • “Mind at the End of Its Tether” • “Mr. Britling Sees It Through” • “The First Men in the Moon” • “The Food of the Gods” • “The History of Mr. Polly” • “The Invisible Man” • “The Island of Doctor Moreau” • “The New Machiavelli” • “The Outline of History” • “The Science of Life” • “The Shape of Things to Come” • “The Time Machine” • “The War of the Worlds” • “The Work, Wealth, and Happiness of Mankind” • “Tono-Bungay”
Subjects Of Study	cultural evolution