Death of Theodor Geisel, \u2018Dr. Seuss\u2019, popular American children\u2019s writer, illustrator and film-maker (\u2018How the Grinch Stole Christmas\u2019, \u2018The Cat in
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Death of Theodor Geisel, \u2018Dr. Seuss\u2019, popular American children\u2019s writer, illustrator and film-maker (\u2018How the Grinch Stole Christmas\u2019, \u2018The Cat in the Hat\u2019, \u2018Green Eggs and Ham\u2019, and many more)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1643,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/historical-anniversaries-july-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":2049,"position":0},"title":"Historical Anniversaries for July 2011","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"June 25, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"200 years ago (5 Jul 1810) Birth of P.T. 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