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   Roget's Thesaurus

   Roget's Thesaurus is a widely-used English thesaurus, created by Dr. Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869) in 1805 and released to the public on 29 April 1852. The original edition had 15,000 words, and each new edition has been larger.
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   Thesaurus

   A thesaurus is a book that lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning (containing synonyms and sometimes antonyms), in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations. ... Entries in Roget's Thesaurus are listed conceptually rather than alphabetically.
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   Peter Mark Roget

   Peter Mark Roget FRS (pronounced /roʊˈʒeɪ/; 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 (Roget's Thesaurus), a classified collection of related words.
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   1852 in literature

   The year 1852 in literature involved some significant new books. ... Roget's Thesaurus (first edition)
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   Robert L. Chapman

   Robert Lundquist Chapman (December 28, 1920–January 27, 2002, age 81) was an American English professor who edited several dictionaries and thesauri. ... Chapman is arguably best remembered for editing the fourth and fifth editions of Roget's Thesaurus, published by Harper Collins in 1977 and 1992.
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   Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum

   The Karpeles Manuscript Library is the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents. ... Roget's Thesaurus
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   Microsoft Bookshelf

   Microsoft Bookshelf was a reference collection introduced in 1987 as part of Microsoft's extensive work in promoting CD-ROM technology as a distribution medium for electronic publishing.... ... The original 1987 edition contained The Original Roget's Thesaurus of English Words...
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   Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum

   The Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum is a dictionary compiled by philologist John Kersey, which was first published in London in 1708. ... Hüllen, Werner, A History of Roget's Thesaurus: Origins, Development and Design (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005).
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   Dick Brass

   Dick Brass (b. 1951) is a technology investor and manager, and a former newspaper reporter and editor. ... He founded Dictronics Publishing Inc, which acquired the exclusive rights to many of the world's most important reference works, including The Random House Dictionary and Roget's Thesaurus.
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    An Experiment with an Air Pump

    An Experiment with an Air Pump is a play by British playwright Shelagh Stephenson inspired by the painting An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump by Joseph Wright. ... Roget is the only character in the play based on a real person- the creator of Roget's Thesaurus.

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