Geisel adopted his Dr. Seuss pen name during his university studies at Dartmouth College and the University of Oxford. He left Oxford in 1927 to begin his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, Life, and various other publications.
Confidence votes 94.8K. A general noun is a word for a non-specific person, place, or thing. Examples of general nouns: A specific noun is a word for a specific person, place or thing. Examples: 1  parent. 2  city. 3  apple. 4  father.
1 (a.) Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city. ( 2 n.) A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person.