John Ferriar
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John Ferriar was a Scottish physician and a poet, most noted for his leadership of the Manchester Infirmary, and his studies of the causes of diseases such as typhoid.
John Ferriar
Peter Mark Roget
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Peter Mark Roget was a British physician, natural theologian, lexicographer, and founding secretary of The Portico Library. He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and
John Ferriar
…the Manchester Infirmary, from 1789 until 1815. He was a founder of the Portico Library and acted as its first Chairman alongside its first Secretary, Peter Mark Roget. He was elected to membership of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 12 April 1786 and Secretary of the Society 1787–92 In 1795, he…
Roget c. 1865
Roget plaque, George Square, Edinburgh
Official portrait by Thomas Pettigrew