Dr Peter Mark Roget
(1779-1869)
Died aged c. 90
Wikidata WikipediaPeter Mark Roget (UK: US: ; 18 January 1779 – 12 September 1869) was a British physician, natural theologian, lexicographer and founding Secretary of The Portico Library. He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, a classified collection of related words. He also submitted a paper to the Royal Society documenting the phi phenomenon in 1824.
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Peter Mark Roget 1779-1869 Physician and compiler of the Thesaurus Co-founder of Manchester's Medical School
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom where they was
Portico Library - 1806 Thomas Harrison architect (1744-1829) Richard Cobden John Dalton Elizabeth Gaskell Sir Robert Peel Thomas de Quincey Peter Mark Roget were readers here
Charlotte Street, Manchester, United Kingdom where they read
In honour of Peter Mark Roget 1779 - 1869. Physician and philologist, author of the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, graduate of the University.
George Square, Edinburgh, United Kingdom where they was