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She was born Amy Catherine Robbins in 1872.

In about 1892 she was a student in a biology cramming class where the teacher was H G Wells. Though married he was quickly attracted to his student and within a short time they were living together in Woking, Surrey. He then divorced his first wife and married Catherine in October 1895 at St Pancras register office.

In the early years they were poor to the point that they could not afford to start a fa...