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Peter Roget - Definition and Overview

Peter Mark Roget, (January 18, 1779 - September 12, 1869) Studied at Edinburgh University and became a distinguished medical doctor and lexicographer. He created the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Roget's Thesaurus) a classified collection of related words.

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


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(rōzhāยด) , 1779-1869, English physician and lexicographer. For 50 years while he practiced medicine and was secretary of the Royal Society (1827-49), Roget prepared his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1852). In successive editions supervised by him, his son, his grandson, and others, it has remained a standard reference book.

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