George Davidson

Dictionaryphile

* https://www.independent.co.uk/ar ... f-words-181860.html

The attraction of Roget is that it is far more than a bald compendium of synonyms. It offers a rhapsodic flight to some other, far more interesting place. "The joy of Roget is that it's thematic," says its latest editor, George Davidson, the linguistic expert behind the Chambers English Dictionary, Encarta World English Dictionary and the New Penguin English Dictionary, among others. "You go on a journey with Roget. It can take you to places you hadn't even thought of when you began browsing or hunting for a particular word." Even if those places are not necessarily where you want – or have the time – to go.