H. G. Wells he was a worthy successor to Charles Dickens, but Wells described a range of social strata and even attempted, in "Tono-Bungay" (1909), a diagnosis of English society as a whole. A diabetic, Wells co-founded the charity The Diabetic Association (known today as Diabetes UK) in 1934. Herbert George Wells was born at Atlas House, 162 High Street in Bromley, Kent, on 21 September 1866. Called "Bertie" in the family, he was the fourth and last child of Joseph Wells (a former domestic gardener, and at the time a shopkeeper and professional cricketer) and his wife, Sarah Neal (a former domestic
Anthony West (author) Stonington, Connecticut at the age of 73 after suffering a stroke. Anthony West (author) Anthony West (4 August 1914 – 27 December 1987) was a British author and literary critic. West was the son of British authors Rebecca West and H. G. Wells. Born Anthony Panther West Fairfield, his parents never married, as Wells was already married to someone else, and remained so until after his intimate relationship with West ended (although they remained friends until his death in 1946). In 1955, Anthony West wrote a novel "Heritage", which was technically fiction, but which dealt with the trials of a