Roget's Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases

Roget's Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases, Peter Mark Roget  (1779 1869)  

A collection of synonyms on a grand scale. This edition was completely revised and modernized by Robert A. Dutch O.B.E., 'Sometime Senior Scholar of Christ's College Cambridge'.

Peter Mark Roget was born in Broad Street, Soho, on 18 January 1779. His father, John Roget, a native of Geneva, was a pastor of the French Protestant Church in Threadneedle Street. His mother, Catherine, was the only surviving sister of Sir Samuel Romilly, the legal reformer whose successful efforts to humanize English Criminal Law won him fame and honour.

Published by Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, 48 Grosvenor Street London, 1962

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