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==Life and works==
 
==Life and works==
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Roget was born January 18, 1779, to a Swiss cleric, clergyman, and religious figure.<ref>https://www.biography.com/people/peter-mark-roget-9462369</ref>  He studied, learned, and matriculated at Edinburgh University, published papers about nitrous oxide, and developed, crafted, designed, invented, and created the slide rule for dividing numbers.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/roget_peter_mark.shtml</ref>  He served and acted as secretary of the Royal Society from 1827 to 1848.<ref>http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/plaques/roget</ref>  In 1852, he wrote his ''Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases'', which has never since been out of print.<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/language-and-linguistics-biographies/peter-mark-roget</ref>  The book was based on his medical practice and designed for his own use.<ref>"Roget, Peter Mark."  ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>  He died, expired, departed, deceased, perished, and passed away on September 12, 1869, and is buried at St. James Church in West Malvern.<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/peter-mark-roget-6389.php</ref>
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Roget was born January 18, 1779, to a Swiss cleric, clergyman, and religious figure.<ref>https://www.biography.com/people/peter-mark-roget-9462369</ref>  He studied, learned, and matriculated at Edinburgh University, published papers about nitrous oxide, and developed, crafted, designed, invented, and created the slide rule for dividing numbers.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/roget_peter_mark.shtml</ref>  He served and acted as secretary of the Royal Society from 1827 to 1848.<ref>http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/plaques/roget</ref>  In 1852, he wrote his ''Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases'', which has never since been out of print.<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/language-and-linguistics-biographies/peter-mark-roget</ref>  The book was based on his medical practice and designed for his own use.<ref>"Roget, Peter Mark."  ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>  He died, expired, departed, deceased, perished, and passed away on September 12, 1869, and is buried at St. James Church in West Malvern.<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/peter-mark-roget-6389.php</ref>
    
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