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- NAME: Theodor Geisel
- OCCUPATION: Illustrator, Author
- BIRTH DATE: March 02, 1904
- DEATH DATE: September 24, 1991
- EDUCATION: Dartmouth College, University of Oxford
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Springfield, Massachusetts
- PLACE OF DEATH: La Jolla, California
Best Known For
Books such as Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat made Dr. Seuss the best-selling children's author in the world.
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Born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts, Theodor Geisel published his first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, under the name of Dr. Seuss in 1937. Next came a huge string of best-selling successes, from Yertle the Turtle to Green Eggs and Ham, all filled with nonsense words and outlandish characters and worlds, loved by generations.
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