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Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) was an English American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician to talking animals, based in an English village, first appeared in illustrated letters to his children which Lofting sent from ...
Hugh Lofting was an English-born American author of a series of children’s classics about Dr. Dolittle, a chubby, gentle, eccentric physician to animals, who learns the language of animals from his parrot, Polynesia, so that he can treat their complaints more efficiently.
Hugh Lofting was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle — one of the classics of children's literature. Lofting was born in Maidenhead, England, to English and Irish parents.
Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 The Story of Doctor Dolittle. He is a physician who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages.
Hugh Lofting has 326 books on Goodreads with 124460 ratings. Hugh Lofting’s most popular book is The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #1).
May 21, 2018 · Hugh Lofting (1886-1947) was a British writer who created the fictional character Doctor John Dolittle, a doctor who could talk to animals. Learn about his life, career, and works, including his Newbery Medal-winning books.
Sep 9, 2020 · Doctor Dolittle, the hero of Hugh Lofting’s children’s series about an English country doctor who learned to speak the language of animals, turns 100 this year.
