Hugh Lofting

Writer, known for Doctor Dolittle, Dr. Dolittle 2, Dolittle

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…