Hugh Lofting

Born January 14, 1886· Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK

† Died September 26, 1947

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Trained as a civil engineer after studying at MIT, Hugh Lofting transformed letters written from World War I trenches into the whimsical Doctor Dolittle stories that would define his literary legacy. The first novel, published in 1920, introduced the animal-talking physician of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh and earned a posthumous Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, while its sequel, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources