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Theodore Geisel is born in Springfield, MA
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Geisel takes pen name Seuss while writing for Dartmouth's Jacko- Lantern to avoid scrutiny by the dean.
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Seuss begins to sell cartoons to a variety of magazines.
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Seuss marries Helen Palmer
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Seuss publishes his first book for children,
And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. -
Seuss wins a Best Documentary Feature Academy Award
With his film design for Death, a history of the Japanese people co-written with his wife, Helen. -
Two more books.
"Cat in the hat" and "Grinch" -
Dr. Seuss wins the Pulitzer Prize.
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Dr. Seuss dies at the age of eighty - seven.