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George Philip Wells

Also Known As: "Gip", "G. P."
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sandgate, Kent, UK
Death: September 27, 1985 (84)
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Herbert George "H.G." Wells and Amy Catherine "Jane" Wells
Brother of Francis Richard Wells
Half brother of Anna-Jane Blanco White and Anthony West

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About George Philip Wells

George Philip Wells FRS, son of the British science fiction author Herbert George "H.G." Wells, was a zoologist and author. He co-authored, with his father and Sir Julian Sorell Huxley, FRS, The Science of Life. A pupil at Oundle School, he was in the first class to learn Russian as a modern language in a British school. He accompanied his father to Soviet Russia in 1920, acting as his Russian translator and exchanging ideas with Russian zoology students. He won an entrance Exhibition to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became Senior Scholar in his first year of residence.

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George Philip Wells's Timeline

1901
July 17, 1901
Sandgate, Kent, UK
1985
September 27, 1985
Age 84
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom