Hugh Lofting

Children's Author

Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) was an English author trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character of Doctor Dolittle.

It first appeared in illustrated letters to his children written by Lofting from the British Army trenches in the First World War.

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