WRITER

Hugh Lofting

1886 - 1947

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Lofting has received more than 375,873 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Hugh Lofting is the 1,566th most popular writer (up from 1,784th in 2019), the 1,202nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,402nd in 2019) and the 136th most popular British Writer.

Hugh Lofting is most famous for his book series, The Story of Doctor Dolittle.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hugh Lofting ranks 1,566 out of 7,302. Before him are Jeffery Deaver, Marcel Achard, William Heinesen, Konstantin Simonov, Anna de Noailles, and Philippe de Commines. After him are Robert Brasillach, Jean-François Marmontel, Jonas Lie, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sister Nivedita, and Gustav Landauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Hugh Lofting ranks 64. Before him are Frank Lloyd, Gyula Gömbös, Karl Korsch, Nikolay Gumilyov, Sessue Hayakawa, and Werner Kempf. After him are Mary Wigman, Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Nobutake Kondō, Walter H. Schottky, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, and Joe Masseria. Among people deceased in 1947, Hugh Lofting ranks 64. Before him are Slavko Kvaternik, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, Alfredo Casella, Władysław Raczkiewicz, Franz Xaver Schwarz, and Charles Bally. After him are Archduchess Louise of Austria, William C. Durant, Osami Nagano, Alice Keppel, Arthur Machen, and W. I. Thomas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Lofting ranks 1,202 out of 8,785. Before him are George Young (1946), George Fox (1624), Annie Chapman (1841), Dave Murray (1956), Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), and Ally McCoist (1962). After him are John Boorman (1933), Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), James Mirrlees (1936), Spencer Perceval (1762), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), and R. D. Laing (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Hugh Lofting ranks 136. Before him are Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), Allen Carr (1934), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Evelyn Waugh (1903), John Gay (1685), and Michael Moorcock (1939). After him are Sister Nivedita (1867), Alistair MacLean (1922), Ruth Rendell (1930), Alasdair Gray (1934), Robert Faurisson (1929), and A. S. Byatt (1936).

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