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Date of Birth
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachussets in a German emigrant family. -
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Period at University
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Meeting his wife
He met her wife, Helen Palmer, and finally married her that year. He met her at Lincoln University. -
First Cartoon under the name Seuss
After his college studies he started to publish his work in newspapers in magazines. -
His First Book
He writes "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" when he is returning from Europe. -
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World War II era
He decided to support President Roosevelt's ideas and started to publish war and politic strips. -
The Cat in the Hat
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How the Grinch stole Christmas
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His first wife dies
Helen Palmer commits suicide after her continuous diseases and the knowledge of her husband's affair with Audrey Stone. -
New Marriage
He marries Audrey Stone a year later his first wife's death. -
Death
He dies from a throat cancer at home in La Jolla, California.