24 moments

1. Birth at Atlas House

   1866-09-21 · Atlas House, 162 High Street, Bromley, Kent, England

   Wells was born at Atlas House on Bromley High Street. Coordinates are a representative point for the documented former Atlas House site.

2. Pupil-teacher appointment

   1879-10-01 · Wookey National School, Wookey, Somerset, England

   Wells entered the National School at Wookey as a pupil-teacher, beginning an early period of school employment. Coordinates represent Wookey village; the historic school building is not precisely identified in the source.

3. Draper's apprenticeship

   1880-01-01 · Hyde's Drapery Emporium, Southsea, Portsmouth, England

   Wells spent three years as a draper's apprentice at Hyde's Drapery Emporium, an experience later reflected in his fiction. Coordinates represent central Southsea because the source does not give Hyde's exact street address.

4. Pupil-teacher at Midhurst Grammar School

   1883-01-01 · Midhurst Grammar School, Midhurst, West Sussex, England

   Wells returned to Midhurst Grammar School as a pupil-teacher after leaving his draper's apprenticeship. Date marks the beginning of the documented 1883–1884 teaching period.

5. Student at the Normal School of Science

   1884-01-01 · Normal School of Science, South Kensington, London, England

   Wells began biological studies under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School of Science, later the Royal College of Science. Date marks the year following his 1883 Midhurst appointment; he studied there until 1887.

6. Convalescence at Uppark

   1887-01-01 · Uppark House, South Harting, West Sussex, England

   

   Wells spent the winter of 1887–88 convalescing at Uppark, where his mother was housekeeper. The source gives a winter spanning 1887–1888; the card is dated to its starting year.

7. Stay in the Potteries

   1888-01-01 · Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

   Wells stayed in Stoke-on-Trent, living in Basford; the industrial landscape influenced later writing.

8. Teacher at Henley House School

   1889-01-01 · Henley House School, London, England

   Wells taught at Henley House School in London during 1889–90. Coordinates represent central London because the source does not specify the school's street address.

9. Residence at Lynton, Maybury Road

   1895-05-01 · Lynton, 141 Maybury Road, Woking, Surrey, England

   

   Wells moved with Amy Catherine Robbins to the rented house Lynton in Woking, a highly productive early writing residence.

10. Marriage to Amy Catherine Robbins

    1895-10-01 · St Pancras Register Office, London, England

    Wells married Amy Catherine Robbins, known as Jane, at the St Pancras register office. Coordinates represent the historic St Pancras civic-registration area.

11. Move to Worcester Park

    1896-01-01 · Worcester Park, Surrey, England

    Wells and Jane relocated to a larger house in Worcester Park, where they remained for about two years. The source gives late summer 1896 but no month.

12. Residence at Spade House

    1901-01-01 · Spade House, Sandgate, Kent, England

    After illness prompted the move to Sandgate, Wells constructed Spade House there as his family home.

13. Visit to Chicago

    1906-01-01 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

    During his first United States visit, Wells visited Chicago slums with reformer Jane Addams. Coordinates represent central Chicago; the source does not identify a particular settlement or neighborhood.

14. Visit to Theodore Roosevelt

    1906-01-01 · White House, Washington, D.C., United States

    During the same American journey, Wells visited President Theodore Roosevelt at the White House. The trip ran from 27 March to 27 May 1906; the source does not give the White House meeting's exact date.

15. Visit to Moscow

    1914-01-01 · Moscow, Russian Empire

    Wells also visited Moscow on his January 1914 Russian journey. The source does not separate the dates of the Petrograd and Moscow portions of the trip.

16. Visit to Petrograd

    1914-01-01 · Petrograd, Russian Empire

    Wells visited Petrograd during a January journey to Russia shortly before the First World War. Petrograd was the contemporary name of present-day Saint Petersburg.

17. Meeting with Lenin at the Kremlin

    1920-10-06 · Kremlin, Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

    Wells met Vladimir Lenin in Lenin's Kremlin study during his second visit to Russia.

18. Residence at Lou Pidou

    1924-01-01 · Lou Pidou, Grasse, France

    Wells lived with Odette Keun at Lou Pidou, the house they built in Grasse, during a relationship lasting from 1924 to 1933. Coordinates represent Grasse because the source does not supply a mappable street address for Lou Pidou; date marks the beginning of the documented residence period.

19. Residence at Chiltern Court

    1930-01-01 · Chiltern Court, Baker Street, London, England

    Wells lived at Chiltern Court on Baker Street during 1930–36. Date marks the beginning of the documented residence period.

20. Opening speech at PEN Congress

    1933-05-25 · Dubrovnik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

    As PEN president, Wells delivered the opening speech at the 11th PEN International Congress in Dubrovnik. The contemporary congress record labels Dubrovnik as Yugoslavia; it is now in Croatia.

21. Interview with Joseph Stalin

    1934-07-23 · Soviet Union

    Wells interviewed Joseph Stalin during his third documented visit to the Soviet Union; the conversation was later published as "Marxism vs. Liberalism." The cited text directly establishes Soviet Union presence and date but does not state the interview venue; coordinates are a representative point for the former state.

22. World Encyclopaedia address

    1936-01-01 · Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, London, England

    Wells called for a continuously revised World Encyclopaedia before the Royal Institution. The source supplies the year but not a more precise date.

23. World Brain speech at documentation congress

    1937-08-20 · World Congress of Universal Documentation, Paris, France

    Wells addressed the World Congress of Universal Documentation in Paris, advancing his World Brain conception. Coordinates represent central Paris because the source does not identify the congress venue.

24. Death at Hanover Terrace

    1946-08-13 · 13 Hanover Terrace, Regent's Park, London, England

    Wells died at his final home overlooking Regent's Park in London.