HG Wells

Type White Plaque
Subject Person
Plaque Unknown
Location 26 High Street, Windsor, SL4 1LH — View on Google Maps
Status Unknown
Reference WP-0001
Volume White Plaques
Collection Plaques

Summary

Renowned author, best known for his pioneering works in science fiction, worked in Windsor and stayed at Surly Hall at the weekends. Image: HG Wells, 1907; NPG P1132 © NPG, London.
Name:Herbert George Wells
Born:21 September 1866
Place:Atlas House, 162 High Street in Bromley, Kent
Died:13 August 1946
Where:13 Hanover Terrace, London
Profession:Author
Educated:Midhurst Grammar School, then won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science
Famous for:H.G. Wells is best known as a founding father of science fiction. He wrote classic tales such as The Time Machine (1895, his first novella), The War of the Worlds (1898) , and The Invisible Man (1897) that shaped modern pop culture and futuristic ideas.

He worked at this location in the early 1880s as an apprentice.
Windlesora:“H.G. Wells, Windsor and Maidenhead” in Windlesora 05

Images

Image: HG Wells, 1907; NPG P1132 © NPG, London.

Curator's References

The H.G. Wells Society website [accessed 18 Aug 2026]

HG Wells, possibly by James Craig Annan, sepia platinotype 1907, NPG P1132 © NPG, London.

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