Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss was an American children's author and cartoonist. Born March 2, 1904, in Springfield. Died September 24, 1991, in La Jolla. Known for Horton Hears a Who!, The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Educated at Dartmouth College and Lincoln College. Awards include Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, California Hall of Fame and Children's Literature Legacy Award.
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- Described as
- American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)
- Other names
- Theodor Geisel, Dr. Theophrastus Seuss, Theodore Geisel, Dr. Theo. Seuss, Dr Seuss, Theodore Seuss Geisel, Theophrastus Seuss, Seuss, Ted Geisel, Doctor Seuss, Theo LeSieg, Theodor Seuss Geisel
- Born
- March 2, 1904 · 13 references
- Died
- September 24, 1991 · 14 references
- Born in
- Springfield · 1 reference
- Died in
- La Jolla · 2 references
- Cause of death
- mouth cancer · 1 reference
- Citizen of
- United States · 1 reference
- Occupation
- writer; poet; illustrator · 2 references; children's writer · 2 references; screenwriter; prose writer · 1 reference; animator · 1 reference; producer · 1 reference
- Political party
- Democratic Party
- Education
- Dartmouth College; Lincoln College · 1 reference
- Genre
- fairy tale
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Known for
- Horton Hears a Who!; The Cat in the Hat; How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; Green Eggs and Ham; The Lorax; Fox in Socks · 1 reference; On Beyond Zebra!; If I Ran the Zoo; And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street; Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
- Awards
- Legionnaire of Legion of Merit; California Hall of Fame (2008); Children's Literature Legacy Award (1980); Regina Medal (1982); star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2004) · 1 reference; Inkpot Award (1991) · 1 reference; Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards (1984) · 1 reference; Legion of Merit · 1 reference; American Campaign Medal · 1 reference; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal · 1 reference; World War II Victory Medal · 1 reference; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program
- Field
- young adult literature · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Helen Palmer Geisel (1927–1967) · 1 reference; Audrey Dimond (1968–1991) · 1 reference
- Website
- http://www.seussville.com/
- Wikipedias with a page
- 79
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1384504526
Theodor Seuss Geisel ( sooss GHY-zəl, zoyss -; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss ( sooss, zooss). 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.
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 Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for the New York newspaper PM. He published his first children's book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1937. During World War II, he took a brief hiatus from children's literature to illustrate political cartoons, and he worked in the animation and film department of the United States Army.
After the war, Geisel returned to writing children's books, writing acclaimed works such as If I Ran the Zoo (1950), Horton Hears a Who! (1954), The Cat in the Hat (1957), How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957), Green Eggs and Ham (1960), One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960), The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961), The Lorax (1971), The Butter Battle Book (1984), and Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990). He published over 60 books during his career, which have spawned numerous adaptations, including eleven television specials, five feature films, a Broadway musical, and four television series.
He received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children's Special for Halloween Is Grinch Night (1978) and Outstanding Animated Program for The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982). In 1984, he won a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. His birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative focused on reading created by the National Education Association.
- Born, in its opening lines
- March 2, 1904
- Died, in its opening lines
- September 24, 1991
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