![]() ![]() From 1905 to 1906, he studied civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lofting was educated at Mount St Mary's College in Spinkhill, Derbyshire. His eldest brother, Hilary Lofting, later became a novelist in Australia, having emigrated there in 1915. Lofting, born January 14, 1886, in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to Elizabeth Agnes (Gannon) and John Brien Lofting, was of English and Irish ancestry. Lofting settled in the United States soon after the war and before his first book was published. 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. 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. ![]() ![]() Hugh LoftingLofting in 1935BornHugh John Lofting()14 January 1886Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UKDied26 September 1947() (aged 61)Topanga, California, USAResting placeEvergreen Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USAOccupationNovelist, poetGenreChildren's literature, fantasyNotable worksDoctor Dolittle seriesNotable awardsNewbery Medal 1923 SpouseFlora Werner Small (1912–1927), Katherine Ganson Harrower (1929–1929), Josephine Fricker (1925–1947)Children3 ![]()
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