Caption: H. G. Wells (1866--1946), circa 1890 before writing his most famous scifi novels The Time Machine (1895) and The War of the Worlds (1898).

Credit/Permission: Frederick Hollyer (1838--1933), circa 1890 (uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by User:, 2011) / Public domain.
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