- Grant Carveth Wells was an adventurer, travel writer, and television personality in the mid-twentieth century. He graduated from London University in 1909, with an engineering degree.
In 1912, the British government sent Wells to its then-colony of Malaya, to survey the route for a railroad, and to explore the flora and fauna of the region. Here he was the first person to report an encounter with the Mayah people of the Tanum Valley, Pahang. However, Wells' health suffered badly in Malaya. In 1918, he moved to the United States, and settled in San Francisco. In San Francisco, Wells started lecturing on his travel experiences.
Wells led expeditions to Kenya, Tanganyika, Mt. Ararat, Panama, Mexico, Japan, Morocco, Syria, Egypt, Palestine, India and Manchuria.
In 1932, Wells married his wife, the former Zetta Trollinger Robart. Robart had been Wells' production manager. In 1934, Wells' first wife, Laura T. Wells, sued Ms. Robart, alleging misconduct and alienation of affections. At the time of his death, in 1957, Wells and his wife were producing a local television show in New York, called Carveth Wells Explores the World.
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1887 - 1957 (70 years)
