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LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 23-- Mrs. Helen Geisel, the wife of Theodor Seuss Geisel, who writes children's books under the name of Dr. Seuss, died in her sleep today at her home here. She was in...
Helen Palmer Geisel was Dr. Seuss's first wife. She met first met her future husband at Oxford University in England and married him in 1927. She had a major influence on her husband's life and career, including presuading him to take up a career in art.
Ted received his B.A. degree in English from Dartmouth College in 1925 and married Helen Marion Palmer in 1927. In 1937, after numerous rejections, he published his first Dr. Seuss children’s book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, based on his childhood adventures in Springfield.
