peter roget

Peter Mark Roget, (January 18, 1779 - September 12, 1869) Studied at Edinburgh University and became a distinguished physician and lexicographer. He created the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Roget's Thesaurus) a classified collection of related words. He was also one of the founders of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, which later became the Royal Society of Medicine, and a secretary of the Royal Society.

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"Roget, Peter Mark" in Dictionary of National Biography London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1897. Roget Roget, Peter Roget, Peter Roget, Peter

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