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Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known by his pen name Dr. Seuss, was a writer and cartoonist who published over 60 books. Seuss in His rhymes and characters are beloved by generations of fans. Geisel was born on March 2, , in Springfield, Massachusetts. At age 18, Geisel left home to attend Dartmouth College , where he became the editor in chief of its humor magazine, Jack-O-Lantern.

When Geisel and his friends were caught drinking in his dorm room one night, in violation of Prohibition law, he was kicked off the magazine staff, but continued to contribute to it using the pseudonym "Seuss. After graduating from Dartmouth, Geisel attended the University of Oxford in England, with plans to eventually become a professor.

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In , he dropped out of Oxford. Upon returning to America, Geisel decided to pursue cartooning full-time. A cartoon that he published in the July issue of The Saturday Evening Post , his first using the pen name "Seuss," landed him a staff position at the New York weekly Judge. Geisel next worked for Standard Oil in the advertising department, where he spent the next 15 years.

His ad for Flit, a popular insecticide, became nationally famous. Around this time, Viking Press offered Geisel a contract to illustrate a children's collection called Boners. The book sold poorly, but it gave him a break into children's literature. Following the war, Geisel and Helen purchased an old observation tower in La Jolla, California, where he would write for at least eight hours a day, taking breaks to tend his garden.

Over the following five decades, Geisel would write many books, both in a new, simplified vocabulary style and using his older, more elaborate technique.