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Dr. Seuss
Creating The Cat in the Hat, the Grinch and Green Eggs and Ham.
The Cat in the Hat · Green Eggs and Ham
- Born
- 2 March 1904
- Birthplace
- Springfield, USA
- Died
- 24 September 1991
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Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss was the pen name of American writer and illustrator Theodor Geisel. His books use rhythmic language and fanciful creatures to make reading playful, while several also address responsibility and prejudice.
Early life
Massachusetts childhood
Grew up in Springfield and developed an interest in drawing.
College publications
Studied at Dartmouth, where he contributed to a humour magazine, before briefly studying at Oxford.
Career
- 1920s–1930s
Commercial illustration
Worked as a cartoonist and advertising illustrator.
- 1937
First children’s book
Published And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
- 1950s–1960s
Beginning readers
Created books using limited vocabularies for children learning to read.
- Later career
Fables and new stories
Continued producing picture books with comic and social themes.
Selected work
The Cat in the Hat
A visitor turns a dull indoor day into chaos.
Green Eggs and Ham
Repetition and rhyme drive an argument about trying something unfamiliar.
The Lorax
A fable about industrial growth and environmental destruction.
Beyond work
Wartime cartoons
His wartime work included racist depictions of Japanese people, a troubling part of his visual legacy.
Archive
UC San Diego holds a major collection of his drawings and manuscripts.
Sources & photo credit
Life and career ↗Institutional or specialist reference ↗Archive and biography ↗Photo: Al Ravenna. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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