Geisel, Theodor Seuss (redirected from Dr. Seuss)

Geisel, Theodor Seuss: see Seuss, Dr.

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Geisel, Theodor Seuss

 known as Dr. Seuss

(born March 2, 1904, Springfield, Mass., U.S.—died Sept. 24, 1991, La Jolla, Calif.) U.S. writer and illustrator.He studied at Dartmouth College and did doctoral work at the University of Oxford. He began working in 1927 as a freelance cartoonist, illustrator, and writer. Under his pseudonym, Geisel began creating immensely popular children's books peopled with outlandish invented creatures and brimming with nonsense words. And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937), his first Dr. Seuss book, was followed by such huge successes as Horton Hatches the Egg (1940), The Cat in the Hat (1957), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957), Yertle the Turtle (1958), and Green Eggs and Ham (1960). Such perennial best-sellers, and his posthumous Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1993), made him the best-selling children's author in the world.

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Geisel, Theodor Seuss (Dr. Seuss, Theo. LeSieg, Rosetta Stone, pen names) (1904–91) author, illustrator; born in Springfield, Mass. He graduated from Dartmouth College (1925), attended Lincoln College, Oxford, England (1926), became a cartoonist for American periodicals, was a writer and animator in Hollywood, and settled in La Jolla, Calif. A winner of many awards, he is famous for his zany, inventive books for children, such as the popular Horton Hatches the Egg (1940), The Cat in the Hat (1957), and other books for adults, such as You're Only Old Once! (1986), and Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990).