John Munro

Born in 1849, John Munro was a Scottish-born British engineer, teacher, and author who became known for writing clearly about electricity and modern technology. He studied in Bristol and later taught there, building a career that joined technical education with popular writing for general readers.

Alongside his scientific and instructional books, he also wrote early science fiction. He is especially remembered for works such as Sun-Rise in the Moon, A Message from Mars, and A Trip to Venus, stories that show how strongly late Victorian fiction could be shaped by the era's excitement about invention and discovery.

Munro died in 1930. Today, he is often noted as one of those writers who helped connect nineteenth-century science, engineering, and speculative fiction in a way that still feels lively and approachable.