21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was a prolific English author in many genres; the novel, history, politics, social commentary, textbooks and rules for war games. He is best remembered for his science fiction novels including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). His earliest specialized training was in biology, and his thinking on ethical matters took place in a specifically and fundamentally Darwinian context. He was an outspoken socialist, often sympathizing with pacifist views. His later works became increasingly political and didactic, and he wrote little science fiction, while he sometimes indicated on official documents that his profession was that of journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921, 1932, 1935, and 1946. He stated in his autobiography that from 1900 onward he considered a World State inevitable. He envisioned the state to be a planned society that would advance science, end nationalism, and allow people to progress by merit rather than birth. He died of unspecified causes in 1946 at the age of 79.. Bain News Service, circa 1915-20.