Hugh Lofting

Hugh Lofting
Lofting in 1935
Born	Hugh John Lofting (1886-01-14)14 January 1886 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
Died	26 September 1947(1947-09-26) (aged 61) Topanga, California, USA
Resting place	Evergreen Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Occupation	Novelist, poet
Genre	Children's literature, fantasy
Notable works	Doctor Dolittle series
Notable awards	Newbery Medal 1923
Spouse	Flora Werner Small (1912–1927) Katherine Ganson Harrower (1929–1929) Josephine Fricker (1925–1947)
Children	3

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.^[1] The fictional physician to talking 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.