George Chetwynd Griffith

Born in 1857, this British writer became one of the most popular creators of scientific romances in the late Victorian period. He wrote under the name George Griffith, though his full name was George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones, and he built a large readership through serialized fiction as well as novels.

His breakthrough came with The Angel of the Revolution, a story of revolution, advanced technology, and aerial combat that helped make him a major popular success. He went on to write many adventure and speculative tales, often blending exploration, politics, invention, and dramatic action in ways that gave his fiction a distinctive energy.

He also traveled widely, and that sense of movement and discovery fed into his work. Although later overshadowed by figures such as H. G. Wells, he remains an important early science-fiction writer whose stories capture the excitement, anxieties, and imagination of his age.