H. G. Wells
Full name Herbert George Wells.
(1866 — 1946)
A famous English writer who worked in many literary genres.
H. G. Wells is best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction"; his most notable works include The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds.
The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella originally published in 1897. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air, thus becoming invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse it.