Hugh Lofting
Also known as Hugh John Lofting
British author (1886–1947)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 14 January 1886
- Died
- 26 September 1947
- Works
- 168
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- Victory for the slain
- Junior great books--Series 4, first semester, volume one
- Doḳṭor Duliṭl ha-rofe
- Duliṭl ha-rofe ʻal ha-yareaḥ
- ha-Ḳirḳas shel Doḳṭor Duliṭl
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Writing · Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
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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 talking to animals, based in an English village, first appeared in illustrated letters to his children which Lofting sent from British Army trenches in the First World War. Lofting settled in the United States soon after the war and before his first book was published.
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1886 births1947 deaths20th-century English novelistsArtists' Rifles soldiersBritish Army personnel of World War IBritish children's book illustratorsEnglish children's writersEnglish emigrants to the United StatesIrish Guards officersMIT School of Engineering alumniNewbery Medal winnersPeople educated at Mount St Mary's College