author
Hollis Godfrey
1874–1936
A teacher, engineer, and college president, he also wrote early speculative fiction that mixed big ideas with brisk adventure. His work reflects a moment when science, industry, and imagination were beginning to reshape everyday life.
1 Audiobook
The Man Who Ended War
by Hollis Godfrey
About the author
Born in Massachusetts in 1874, Hollis Godfrey was an American writer, teacher, engineering consultant, and educator. He studied engineering at Tufts, Harvard, and MIT, later taught at MIT, and went on to serve as president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry from 1913 to 1921.
Alongside his academic and administrative work, he wrote fiction as well as nonfiction. He is especially remembered today for early science-fiction novels including The Man Who Ended War and Dave Morrell's Battery, stories that draw on technology and invention in a way that fits his engineering background.
Godfrey died on January 17, 1936. His career moved easily between technical education, public leadership, and imaginative writing, which gives his books a distinctive blend of practical knowledge and curiosity about the future.