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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Peter_Mark_RogetPeter Mark Roget - Wikipedia

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   2. Peter Mark Roget LRCP FRS FRCP FGS FRAS (UK: / ˈrɒʒeɪ / US: / roʊˈʒeɪ /; [ 1 ][ 2 ] 18 January 1779 – 12 September 1869) was a British physician, natural theologian, lexicographer, and founding secretary of The Portico Library. [ 3 ] He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, a classified ...

2. www.goodreads.com › author › listBooks by Peter Mark Roget (Author of Roget's International ...

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   Peter Mark Roget has 212 books on Goodreads with 4404 ratings. Peter Mark Roget’s most popular book is Roget's International Thesaurus.

3. www.bbc.co.uk › roget_peter_markHistory - Historic Figures: Peter Mark Roget (1779 - 1869) - BBC

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   Peter Mark Roget was born on 18 January 1779 in London, the son of a Swiss clergyman. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University and graduated in 1798. As a young doctor he published works on ...

4. www.britannica.com › biography › Peter-Mark-RogetPeter Mark Roget | Victorian Era, Thesaurus, Lexicographer ...

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   Sep 8, 2024 · Peter Mark Roget (born January 18, 1779, London, England—died September 12, 1869, West Malvern, Worcestershire) was an English physician and philologist remembered for his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1852), a comprehensive classification of synonyms or verbal equivalents that is still popular in modern editions.

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5. www.seattletimes.com › entertainment › booksCreating Roget’s Thesaurus: The story of a man obsessed

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   Mar 21, 2008 · Talk about a book being the "work of a lifetime": Peter Mark Roget compiled the first draft of his famous thesaurus in 1805 at the age of 26, published the first edition in 1852 and continued to ...

6. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › booksPeter Mark Roget: A man of words - The Independent

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   A brief history of Dr Peter Roget. It is one of the ironies of history that Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869) is best remembered for his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, published in 1852. In ...

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   Who was Peter Mark Roget?

   • Peter Mark Roget, c.1820 © Roget was an English doctor, writer and inventor, but today is best known for his 'thesaurus'. Peter Mark Roget was born on 18 January 1779 in London, the son of a Swiss clergyman. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University and graduated in 1798.

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   How many children did Peter Mark Roget have?

   • Peter Mark Roget was married to Mary Taylor and had two children: a son named John and a daughter named Catherine. He never remarried. Peter Mark Roget died on September 12, 1869, in West Malvern, Worcestershire, England, at the age of 90. He is buried there in the cemetery of St James's Church.

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   Which book is a good read about Peter Roget?

   • The Right Word is a children’s biography about Peter Roget. It tells of his struggles with mental illness and how he was able to use his book of words and lists to keep despair at bay. His Thesaurus and many scientific writings continue to serve the world today. Sharing is caring!

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   What was John Roget's profession?

   • John Roget was not just a doctor. He was also a polymath whose work influenced the discovery of laughing gas as an anaesthetic, the creation of the London sewage system, the invention of the slide rule and the development of the cinema industry – as well as being a chess master and an expert on bees, Dante and the kaleidoscope.

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   What was Roget's 'Thesaurus of English words and phrases'?

   • In 1840, Roget effectively retired from medicine and spent the rest of his life on the project that has made his name, 'Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases', which was a dictionary of synonyms. As early as 1805 he had compiled, for his own personal use, a small indexed catalogue of words which he used to enhance his prolific writing.

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   Is Roget a doctor?

   • Roget was not just a doctor but an extraordinary figure of the Victorian era. Such are the joys – and digressive temptations – of a book that has never been out of print since it first fell from his inky hand.

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8. history.rcp.ac.uk › peter-mark-rogetPeter Mark Roget | RCP Museum - RCP London

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   Peter Mark Roget. MD Edin (1798) FRS (1814) LRCP (1820) FRCP (1821) Peter Mark Roget, M.D., was born in London, at Broad-street, Soho, 18th January, 1779, and was the son of the Rev. John Roget, a native of Geneva, who had settled in this country, and was minister of the French church in Threadneedle-street, by his wife Catherine, a sister of ...