Hugh Lofting

The creators of children's classics - among whom many of the all-time greats are British, from Lewis Carroll to A. A. Milne by way of C.S. Lewis, Tolkien and Kenneth Graham - are often richly complex personalities. Hugh Lofting, who wrote and illustrated the Dr Dolittle books, was no exception.
 
The creators of children's classics - among whom many of the all-time greats are British, from Lewis Carroll to A. A. Milne by way of C.S. Lewis, Tolkien and Kenneth Graham - are often richly complex personalities. Hugh Lofting, who wrote and illustrated the Dr Dolittle books, was no exception.