Doctor Dolittle or too dull. The stories are set in early Victorian England, where Doctor John Dolittle lives in the fictional English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country. Doctor Dolittle has a few close human friends, including Tommy Stubbins and Matthew Mugg, the Cats'-Meat Man. The animal team includes Polynesia (a parrot), Gub-Gub (a pig), Jip (a dog), Dab-Dab (a duck), Chee-Chee (a monkey), Too-Too (an owl), the Pushmi-pullyu, and a white mouse later named simply "Whitey". One inspiration for his character appears to be the Scottish surgeon John Hunter. "The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar
John Otho Marsh Jr. He now teaches a course on Technology, Terrorism and National Security Law at George Mason University. He is a former Co-Chair of the Independent Review Group for Walter Reed Hospital and Bethesda Navy Medical Center. He is a member of the Markle Foundation. The John O. Marsh Institute for Government and Public Policy at Shenandoah University is named for him. He lives in Winchester, Virginia with his wife, together they have had three children and seven grandchildren. John Otho Marsh Jr. John Otho Marsh Jr. (born August 7, 1926) is an American politician and an Adjunct Professor at George Mason