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Dr. Seuss
American author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
"Seuss" and "Theo Geisel" redirect here. For the surname, see Seuss (surname). For the physicist, see Theo Geisel (physicist). For other uses, see Suess.
Theodor Seuss Geisel (sooss GHY-zəl, zoyss -;[2][3][4] March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991)[5] was an American children's author and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss (sooss, zooss).[4][6] His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.[7]
Geisel adopted the name "Dr. Seuss" as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College and as a graduate student at Lincoln College, Oxford. He left Oxford in 1927 to begin his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, Life, and various other publications. He also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, including for FLIT and Sta
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Dr. Seuss
Biography
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss, was born in 1904 on Howard Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Ted's father, Theodor Robert, and grandfather were brewmasters in the city. His mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, often soothed her children to sleep by "chanting" rhymes remembered from her youth. Ted credited his mother with both his ability and desire to create the rhymes for which he became so well known.
Although the Geisels enjoyed great financial success for many years, the onset of World War I and Prohibition presented both financial and social challenges for the German immigrants. Nonetheless, the family perservered and again propered, providing Ted and his sister, Marnie, with happy childhoods.
Ted left Springfield as a teenager to attend Dartmouth College, where he became editor-in-chief of the Jack-O-Lantern, Dartmouth's humor magazine. Although his tenure as editor ended prematurely when Ted and his friends were caught throwing a drinking party, which was against the prohibition laws and school po
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If you've ever had a Wocket in your pocket or you know characters like the Lorax, the Grinch, or an elephant named Horton, you can probably guess who Theodor Geisel is.
His full name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. Does that help? That's right! We're talking about the one and only Dr. Seuss.
Theodor ("Ted") Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Although he wasn't a real medical doctor, his rhythmicrhymes have been the remedy for bored readers for decades.
You might be surprised to learn that Ted started his career primarily as a cartoonist and illustrator. Eventually, he began to write children's books, which he illustrated with a unique style that has become easily identifiable with the name Seuss. He began using his middle name as his pen name in college.
A major turning point in Ted's career came as a result of a Life magazine article by John Hersey. Hersey complained that children's books were boring and needed inspiring illustrations, like those of Geisel and Walt Disney.
Two publishers, Houghton Mifflin an
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