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Publication
History of Roget's Thesaurus |
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British |
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| 1779 |
Peter Mark Roget born |
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| 1805 |
Compilation of thesaurus (elements) begun |
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Publisher |
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| 1852 |
1st Edition published |
Peter Mark Roget |
Longman -- all editions |
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American |
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| 1853 |
2nd Edition |
Peter Mark Roget |
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1854 |
1st American attempt |
Barnas Sears |
Gould & Lincoln |
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| 1855 |
'enlarged and improved' |
Peter Mark Roget |
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"the editor, among other mutilations, has altogether omitted
the Phrases, |
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1856, 1857, 1858, 1864 |
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...and expressions borrowed from a
foreign language" PMRoget |
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| 1869 |
Death of Dr PM Roget - 28 editions to date |
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| 1879 |
John Lewis Roget Edition |
John Lewis Roget |
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'Greatly enlarged and improved' |
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1882, 1883 |
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| 1890 |
-1908 reprinted two-yearly |
John Lewis Roget |
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British - American
'split' |
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1886 |
1st International Edition |
C.O.S Mawsom |
Thos Crowell -- all editions |
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| 1911 |
-1929 reprinted yearly |
John Lewis Roget |
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1911 |
'practically a new book' |
C.O.S Mawsom |
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(Project Gutenberg) |
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1922 |
'revised and reset' |
C.O.S Mawsom |
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(Bartleby) |
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| 1925 |
'enlarged' - 5 reprints per
year |
Samuel
Romilly Roget |
1930 |
-1939 5 editions 'enlarged
and improved' |
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1931 |
'in dictionary form' |
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| 1933 |
Authorised American Edition |
Samuel
Romilly Roget |
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| 1936 |
New Edition 'revised and enlarged |
Samuel
Romilly Roget |
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1946 |
2nd Int. Ed. ''complete overhauling' New
Edition |
Lester V. Berry |
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| 1953 |
used in Masterman research |
Samuel Romilly Roget |
Longman, Greene |
1950 |
-1960 3 editions |
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Sold to Penguin |
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1962 |
3rd International Edition |
Lester V. Berry |
used in Sedelow research |
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| 1962 |
'completely revised and
modernised' |
Robert Dutch |
Penguin |
1964 |
-1966 2 editions |
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Sold to Harper |
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Harper-Row |
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| 1982 |
'new edition' |
Susan Lloyd |
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1977 |
4th International Edition |
Robert Chapman |
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| 1987 |
'new edition' |
Betty Kirkpatrick |
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1992 |
5th International Edition--new structure |
Robert Chapman |
Harper Reference |
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| 1998 |
'new edition' |
Betty Kirkpatrick |
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2001 |
6th International Edition--new structure |
Barbara Ann Kipfer |
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| 2002 |
'150th Anniversary Edition' |
George Davidson |
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Collins |
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