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  • 1904--Theodore Geisel is born in Springfield, MA.
  • 1922-25--Geisel takes pen name Seuss while writing for Dartmouth's Jacko- Lantern to avoid scrutiny by the dean.
  • 1926--Seuss adds Dr. to the pen name upon dropping out of college so that his father would think that he had gotten his doctorate degree.
  • 1927--Seuss marries Helen Palmer on November 29.
  • 1927--Seuss begins to sell cartoons to a variety of magazines as well as do advertising work.
  • 1937--Seuss publishes his first book for children, And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
  • 1943-1946--Seuss serves in Army and wins Legion of Merit for his educational and informational films.
  • 1946--Seuss wins a Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award for Hitler Lives? (Your Job in Germany).
  • 1947--Seuss wins a Best Documentary Feature Academy Award for Design for Death, a history of the Japanese people co-written with his wife, Helen.
  • 1950--Seuss publishes If I Ran the Zoo, a tribute to his father who was a zookeeper.
  • 1951--Seuss wins an Animated Cartoon Academy Award for Gerald McBoing-Boing.
  • 1957--Seuss publishes How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and The Cat in the Hat.
  • 1958--Seuss becomes president of Beginner Books.
  • 1960--Seuss publishes One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish and Green Eggs an Ham.
  • 1967--Helen Palmer Geisel dies on October 23.
  • 1968--Seuss publishes Hop on Pop and The Eye Book (Theo Lesieg) first of the Bright and Early Books are published.
  • 1971--Seuss wins a Peabody Award for his television specials, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Horton Hears a Who.
  • 1972--Seuss wins Critics Award at International Animated Cartoon Festival and Silver Medal at the International Film and TV Festival.
  • 1976--Seuss wins the first ever Outstanding California Author Award presented by the California Association of Teachers of English.
  • 1977--Seuss receives and Emmy for Best Children's Special for Halloween Is Grinch Night.
  • 1981--Governors of several states declare Dr. Seuss 77th birthday Dr. Seuss Day.
  • 1984--Dr. Seuss wins the Pulitzer Prize.
  • 1991--Dr. Seuss dies on September 24 at the age of eighty - seven.

Dr. Seuss Timeline

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