Peter Mark Roget: the word and the man
By: [by] D. L. Emblen.
Publisher: Crowell
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Roget, Peter Mark, 1779-1869.; Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Philologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Physicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.; English language -- Synonyms and antonyms -- Lexicography.; English language -- Lexicography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: This volume is a biography of British physician, natural theologian and lexicographer, Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869). He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Roget's Thesaurus), a classified collection of related words. As a young man, Roget compiled linguistic notes to improve the quality of his own lectures and writings. His life was marked by several incidents of sadness. His father and his wife died young. Roget's beloved uncle committed suicide in his presence. Roget struggled with depression for most of his life. His work on the thesaurus arose partly from an effort to battle depression. His catalog of words organized by their meanings, had been a vocation since his teens.
Notes: "The published writings of Peter Mark Roget": p. [341]-350. Bibliography: p. [351]-358.