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Wednesday, March 2, 1904. : Children's author, Dr Seuss, is born Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr Seuss, was born on 2 March 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. As a young boy, he enjoyed drawing, but his teachers discouraged him from planning to make a living from it, telling him he lacked talent. Geisel attended Dartmouth College, where he studied writing. Again, he was discouraged from making a career out of it. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1925, after being voted "Least likely to succeed" by his college class. He then entered Lincoln College, Oxford, intending to earn a doctorate in literature. However, he met his future wife there, married her in 1927 and returned to the USA. Geisel continued writing stories humorous articles, accompanied by strange illustrations, submitting them to a variety of magazines. Of the 27 publishers to whom he sent his work, 27 turned him down. Finally, the 28th publisher accepted his work, and after six months, he began signing his work as "Dr Seuss". Dr Seuss began writing children's books before WWII, but much of his time was spent drawing to support the US government's war effort. He initially drew posters for the Treasury Department and the War Production Board. In 1943, he joined the Army and was sent to Frank Capra's Signal Corps Unit in Hollywood, where he wrote films for the US Armed Forces, including "Your Job in Germany," a 1945 propaganda film about peace in Europe after World War II, "Design for Death," a study of Japanese culture that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1948, and the Private Snafu series of army training films. While in the Army he was awarded the Legion of Merit. After the war, Dr Seuss returned to writing children's books. After reading a report on declining literacy levels among children, he endeavoured to make his books quirky and appealing. Such books as "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham" remain very popular today. Seuss died on 24 September 1991. ![]() |
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