Ellen Browning Scripps gave La Jolla its institutions
Newspaper fortune heiress Ellen Browning Scripps funded the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Scripps hospital, Torrey Pines and much of La Jolla.
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Dr. Seuss wrote his best-known books in a La Jolla tower
Theodor Geisel moved to La Jolla in 1948 and wrote The Cat in the Hat and other classics there. UC San Diego’s library carries his name.