H. G. Wells Society many years. It has also boasted a number of distinguished vice-presidents through the years including Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Foot, Brian Aldiss, Christopher Priest and Stephen Baxter. H. G. Wells Society There have been two groups called the H.G. Wells Society, both set up to support the ideas of Herbert George Wells (1866–1946). The first "H.G. Wells Society" was set up in 1934 to promote Wells' political ideas. Its members included Gerald Heard, Olaf Stapledon, Sylvia Pankhurst, Eden Paul and Vera Brittain. The group later changed its name to "Cosmopolis", then the "Open Conspiracy". In 1936 it merged with the
George H. Wells George H. Wells George H. Wells (September 1, 1833 – February 1, 1905) was a Northern-born officer in the Army of the Confederate States of America and an attorney and Democratic politician in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Wells was born in Schenectady, New York, to Joel Wells and the former Susan Bellows. He was educated in the Schenectady public schools. During the American Civil War, Wells enlisted as a private in Company G of the Eleventh Louisiana Infantry. He was promoted to Sergeant Major and then lieutenant. He joined Shelly's Battalion when the Eleventh Infantry was mustered out. He then united