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 349,597 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 1,201st 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

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Doctor Dolittle's zoo
Animals, Children's stories, English, Juvenile fiction
1925
The story of Doctor Dolittle
Animals, Classic Literature, Children's stories
There are some of us now reaching middle age who discover themselves to be lamenting the past in one respect if in none other, that there are no books written now for children comparable with those of thirty years ago. I say written FOR children because the new psychological business of writing ABOUT them as though they were small pills or hatched in some especially scientific method is extremely popular today.
1920
The voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Animals, Classic Literature, Children's stories
When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.
1922
Doctor Dolittle in the moon
Animals, Children's stories, English, Juvenile fiction
1928
Doctor Dolittle's circus
Juvenile fiction, Circus, Animals
The doctor needs money to pay off a voyage to Africa, so he joins the circus with the pushmi-pullyu as his attraction. He enlightens a circus owner who cares little for animals, fights against the practice of fox hunting and helps other creatures such as a circus seal and cart horses too old to work.
1924
Doctor Dolittle's post office
Children's stories, Juvenile fiction, Animals
1923

Page views of Hugh Loftings by language

Over the past year Hugh Lofting has had the most page views in the with 35,073 views, followed by Russian (6,228), and Japanese (5,844). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (701.77%), Cornish (128.13%), and Hebrew (74.25%)

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 1,201 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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