Roget

Roget

Peter Mark Roget (* 18. Januar 1779 in London; † 12. September 1869 in West Malvern, Worcestershire) war ein englischer Arzt und Lexikograph.

Roget's Thesaurus

1852 erschien sein Werk Roget's Thesaurus, das für die englische Sprache rasch Bedeutung erlangte. Die Erstauflage umfasste 15.000 Wörter. Der Wortschatz war in sechs Klassen eingeteilt:

  • Abstrakte Bezeichnungen
  • Raum
  • Materie
  • Intellekt
  • Wille
  • Gefühl

Rechenschieber

Roget erfand 1815 den log-log Rechenschieber.


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