Details
| Surname | Roget |
|---|---|
| First Name | Peter Mark |
| GND Entry | Roget, Peter Mark |
| GND ID | https://d-nb.info/gnd/117534404   |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Biographical Data | Jan 18, 1779, London — Sep 12, 1869 |
Referred to in
Roget’s Thesaurus
| Published | November 30, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Excerpt | Roget’s thesaurus was created by Peter Mark Roget, a British physician and lexicographer, in 1805. The first edition of the now widely used English-language thesaurus was published in 1852 by Longmans, London, covering 15,000 words. The most recent editions (the eighth) contains 443,000 words. |
| Version | 1.1 |