H.G. Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946) was born in Bromley, Kent, to a struggling shopkeeping family; his father had been a professional cricketer. He rose to become the "father of science fiction," writing landmark works like The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, and The Invisible Man, alongside extensive writing on history and politics.A lesser-known personal detail: Wells filled private notebooks with hundreds of tiny cartoons he called "picshuas," a tender, comic visual diary chronicling his marriage, meant only for his wife Amy. He also lived with diabetes and co-founded what is now Diabetes UK in 1934, a quiet legacy beyond his famous prophecies.&nbsp; Read further to know something striking Wells said about Buddha and Civilization.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;H.G. Wells, in his world history, has written one sentence which should be written in gold. Writing about Gautam Buddha he writes, "Gautam Buddha is perhaps the only godless man, and yet, so godly.&nbsp;The Sword and the Lotus ~ 11 &nbsp;&nbsp;