Hugh Lofting





Hugh Lofting

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born
January 14, 1886 in Maidenhead, The United Kingdom

died
September 26, 1942

gender
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Hugh Lofting was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle — one of the classics of children's literature.

Lofting was born in Maidenhead, England, to English and Irish parents. His early education was at Mount St Mary's College in Sheffield, after which he went to the United States, completing a degree in civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He traveled widely as a civil engineer before enlisting in the Irish Guards to serve in World War I. Not wishing to write to his children of the brutality of the war, he wrote imaginative letters that were the foundation of the successful Doctor Dolittle novels for children. Seriously wounded in the war, he moved with his family...more


Average rating: 3.90 · 14,127 ratings · 449 reviews · 55 distinct works
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 9,026 ratings — published 1920 — 111 editions
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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 3,337 ratings — published 1922
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Doctor Dolittle's Circus
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 1924 — 14 editions
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Doctor Dolittle's Zoo
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions
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Doctor Dolittle's Return
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1933 — 6 editions
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Doctor Dolittle In The Moon
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1928 — 5 editions
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Doctor Dolittle's Garden
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1927 — 6 editions
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Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1923 — 4 editions
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Doctor Dolittle and the Gre...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1950 — 11 editions
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Doctor Dolittle's Caravan
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1926 — 8 editions
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More books by Hugh Lofting…
The Story of Doctor Dolittle The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Doctor Dolittle's Post Office Doctor Dolittle's Circus Doctor Dolittle's Zoo Doctor Dolittle's Caravan Doctor Dolittle's Garden
Doctor Dolittle (14 books)
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3.8985528115775074 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 13,889 ratings
“What is war?' I asked.
Oh, it's a messy, stupid business,' he said, 'Two sides wave flags and beat drums and shoot one another dead. It always begins this way, making speeches, talking about rights, and all that sort of thing.'
But what is it for? What do they get out of it?'
I don't know,' he said. 'To tell you the truth, I don't think they know themselves.”
Hugh Lofting, Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary

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