Peter Roget
Peter Mark Roget, (
January 18,
1779 -
September 12,
1869) was a distinguished English medical doctor and lexicographer. He created the
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (
Roget's Thesaurus) a classified collection of related words.
See related
"Roget, Peter Mark" in Dictionary of National Biography
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1897.