Peter Mark Roget | |
|---|---|
 Roget c. 1865 | |
| Born | 18 January 1779 Soho, London, England |
| Died | 12 September 1869 (aged 90) West Malvern, England |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases |
| Spouse |
Mary Taylor Hobson
(m. 1824; died 1833) |
| Children | 2 |
Peter Mark Roget LRCP FRS FRCP FGS FRAS (UK: /ˈrɒʒeɪ/ US: /roʊˈʒeɪ/;[1][2] 18 January 1779 – 12 September 1869) was a British physician, natural theologian, lexicographer, and founding secretary of The Portico Library.[3] He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, a classified collection of related words (thesaurus). In 1824, he read a paper to the Royal Society about a peculiar optical illusion which is often (falsely) regarded as the origin of the ancient persistence of vision theory that was later commonly, yet incorrectly, used to explain apparent motion in film and animation.[4]
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
- ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
- ^ "THE PORTICO LIBRARY AND THE BANK PUBLIC HOUSE, Manchester - 1197930 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Anderson, John; Anderson, Barbara (1993). "The Myth of Persistence of Vision Revisited". Journal of Film and Video. 45 (1): 2–12.