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Description:Indexed, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, portraits This volume is a biography of British physician, natural theologian & lexicographer, Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869). He's best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases (Roget's Thesaurus), a classified collection of related words. As a young man, he compiled linguistic notes to improve the quality of his own lectures & writings. His life was marked by several incidents of sadness. His father & his wife died young. Roget's beloved uncle committed suicide in his presence. He 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peter Mark Roget: The Word and the Man. To get started finding Peter Mark Roget: The Word and the Man, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 388

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (NY)

Release: 1970

ISBN: 0582108276

Description: Indexed, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, portraits This volume is a biography of British physician, natural theologian & lexicographer, Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869). He's best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases (Roget's Thesaurus), a classified collection of related words. As a young man, he compiled linguistic notes to improve the quality of his own lectures & writings. His life was marked by several incidents of sadness. His father & his wife died young. Roget's beloved uncle committed suicide in his presence. He 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peter Mark Roget: The Word and the Man. To get started finding Peter Mark Roget: The Word and the Man, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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