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Thank you for your question concerning the real name of Dr. Seuss. I enjoyed researching this very interesting topic for you. The real name of Dr. Seuss is Theodor Geisel, and "Seuss" is actually his middle name and his mother's maiden name.

The Poetry Foundation has provided a great web page which contains the answer to your question. Please check out the web page: "Theodor Geisel : The Poetry Foundation : Find Poems and Poets, Discover Poetry"

Here is the link: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=81203

National Endowment for the Humanities has provided a great web page which explains how Theodor Geisel acquired the pseudonym Dr. Seuss. Please check out the web page: "Impertinent Questions"

Here is the link: http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2009-03/Questions.html

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