Peter Mark Roget, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Mark Roget

Physician, philologist

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1779

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 12-Sep-1869

Profession: physician, physicist, lexicographer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Peter Mark Roget (UK: US: ; 18 January 1779 – 12 September 1869) was a British physician, natural theologian and lexicographer.
He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, a classified collection of related words.