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Peter Mark Roget

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Noun1.Peter Mark Roget - English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869)
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95 Hardcover CT788 Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869) was a "physician, physiology expert, mathematician, writer, editor, and chess whiz" according to his biographer, freelance journalist Kendall.
The man who made lists; love, death, madness, and the creation of ... by Reference & Research Book News
Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869), the creator of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1852), classified throughout his life.
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When Dr Peter Mark Roget first wrote 15,000 words for publication in 1852 he was 71 and had been compiling his list for 50 years, originally just for personal use.
AFTER 150 YEAR WAIT: WE GET RUMPY PUMPY; Blackadder phrase in ... by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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