Progenitors of Steampunk - Key Authors

Before the term was even coined, the early writers of works now categorized as steampunk drew inspiration from the works of Victorian-era authors who penned the earliest science fiction.

On Everyone's List:

• Jules Verne
  Often called the originator of science fiction, Verne is known best for 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in 80 Days.  
• HG Wells
  A British socialist born a generation after Verne, Wells mixed social commentary and science in all of his works. The best known are The Time Machine, Invisible Man, Island of Doctor Moreau, and War of the Worlds.

Also Worth Noting:

• Edward Bellamy
  An American best known for his 1888 utopian novel, Looking Backward, Bellamy forecast ways in which emerging technology (such as the telephone) would be used to facilitate his goals of economic equality (for women as well as men). The sequel, Equality, contains more innovations but less story, and did not fare as well as the best-seller that preceded it.
• GK Chesterton
• Charles Dickens
  With tales like Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and A Christmas Carol, Dickens both chronicled and critiqued Victorian London.
• Arthur Conan Doyle
• George Griffith
• HP Lovecraft
• Albert Robida
• Mary Shelley
  Best known for the classic, Frankenstein
• Robert Louis Stevenson
• Bram Stoker
  Best known for the classic, Dracula
• Mark Twain

PS. Any writers of this era from outside Europe or America, who should be included? Nominations welcome!