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.
A noun can be categorized as either a common noun or a proper noun. A common noun is the word used for a class of person, place, or thing (e.g., person, city, dog). A proper noun is the given name of a person, place or thing, i.e., its own name (e.g., Michael, New York, Rover).