Autor: Garrett Putman Serviss

Born in 1694, in Paris, France, Voltaire established himself as one of the leading writers of the Enlightenment.His famed works include the tragic play Zaïre, the historical study The Age of Louis XIVand the satirical novella Candide. Often at odds with French authorities over his politically and religiously charged works, he was twice imprisoned and spent many years in exile. He died shortly after returning to Paris in 1778. Born in England in 1866, H.G. Wells”s parents were shopkeepers in Kent, England. His first novel, The Time Machinewas an instant success and Wells produced a series of science fiction novels which pioneered our ideas of the future. His later work focused on satire and social criticism. Wells laid out his socialist views of human history in his Outline of History. He died in 1946. Garrett Putnam Serviss was an American astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer. Serviss was born in upstate New York and majored in science at Cornell University. He took a law degree at Columbia University but never worked as an attorney. Instead, in 1876 he joined the staff of The New York Sun newspaper, working as a journalist until 1892 under editor Charles Dana.