Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Hugh Lofting

Born: January 14, 1886
Died: September 26, 1947 (aged 61)
Bio: Hugh John 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.
Known for:
- Doctor Dolittle (1920)
- The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922)
- Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (1928)
- Doctor Dolittle's Post Office (1923)
- Doctor Dolittle's Return (1933)