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Human Life, 1819, probably the 

 best of his works, and Italy, 1822, 

 the third edition of which, published 

 in 1830, was illustrated by Turner 

 and Stothard. The lack of 

 original genius in his works is com- 

 pensated for by his exquisite taste 

 and laborious artistry. Personally 

 Rogers was one of the kindest and 

 most benevolent of men, though 

 his amiable qualities were some- 

 what obscured by his caustic wit. 

 He died Dec. 18, 1855. See Rogers 

 and his Contemporaries, P. W. 

 Clayden, 1889; S. Rogers and his 

 Circle, R. E. Roberts, 1910. 



Roger's Pass. Mountain pass 

 in Canada, in British Columbia. 

 Here the C.P. Rly. crosses the 

 Selkirk Mts. Its altitude is 4,275 ft. 

 Roget, PETER MARK (1779- 

 1869). Anglo-Swiss scientist. Born 

 in London, Jan. 18, 1779, and 

 __________ educated for 



the medical 

 profession a t 

 Edinburgh 

 University, he 

 had a long and 

 busy career, 

 first in Man- 

 chester and 

 afterwards i n 

 Peter Mark Roget, London, as a 

 Anglo-Swiss scientist physician and 

 lecturer on physiology and other 

 medical subjects. A versatile and 

 industrious man, with a strong 

 scientific bent, Roget helped greatly 

 in the establishment of the uni- 

 versity of London, in which he re- 

 tained his interest throughout his 

 life. He is chiefly remembered, 

 however, by his enormously popu- 

 lar Thesaurus of English Words 

 and Phrases, 1852, revised by A. 

 Boyle, 1912, a work that has proved 

 of great value to journalists and 

 other writers. He died at West 

 Malvern, Sept. 12, 1869. Pron. 

 Rozh-ay. 



Rogier, CHARLES LATOUR (1800- 

 85). Belgian statesman. He was 

 born at St. Quentin, Aug. 12, 1800, 

 and was edu- 

 cated at the 

 lycee of Liege, 

 where his eld- 

 est brother was 

 a professor. In 

 the revolution 

 of 1830 by 

 which Belgium 

 was freed from 

 Holland, he 

 raised a com- 

 pany of men of Liege and took an 

 active part in the fighting in 

 Brussels in September, afterwards 

 becoming a member of the pro- 

 visional government and then of 

 the National Congress. Minister of 

 the interior in 1832 and of public 

 works in 1840, he was anti-clerical 



Charles Rogier, 

 Belgian statesman 



and anti-republican, supporting 

 the constitutional monarchy. He 

 was twice governor of Antwerp 

 and the head of the Liberal minis- 

 tries of 1847-52, and from 1857-68. 

 As minister of foreign affairs in the 

 latter period he strengthened the 

 good relations of Belgium with 

 France, and negotiated a treaty of 

 commerce between the two coun- 

 tries. He also obtained from Hol- 

 land and Great Britain the sup- 

 pression of the Schelde tolls which 

 hampered the commerce of Ant- 

 werp. He died in Brussels, May 

 27, 1885. See Life, E. Descailles, 

 1896. Pron. Rozh-yay. 



Rogue. Term used for a dis- 

 honest person, also for a vagrant. 

 Rogue money is a phrase used in 

 Scotland for the money levied in 

 each county to meet the cost of 

 catching, prosecuting, and main- 

 taining criminals. See Vagrancy. 



Rohan-Gic, HENRI, Due DE 

 (1579-1638). French soldier. Born 

 at Blain, Brittany, Aug. 21, 1579, 

 he was edu- 

 cated as a 

 Protestant. 

 and served 

 h i s kinsman 

 Henry IV at 

 the siege of 

 Amiens, 1597. 

 Created duke 

 in 1603, he 

 attended the 

 Protestant 

 assembly at Saumur, 1611, and 

 became leader of the Calvinist 

 party, fighting against Louis XIII 

 in Beam, 1620. Raising the 

 sieges of Montauban and Mont- 

 pellier, 1622, he helped to secure 

 the confirmation of the edict of 

 Nantes, 1623, and became governor 

 of Nimes and Uzes. He fought 

 against Richelieu at La Rochelle, 

 and after the peace of Alais, 1629, 

 retired to Venice and wrote his 

 memoirs. He commanded a French 

 corps against Austria, 1635-36, and, 

 wounded while fighting for the 

 Protestants at Rheinf elden, Feb. 28, 

 1638, died, April 13, at Konigsfeld. 

 Rohan- Guemenee, Louis RENE 

 EDOUARD, PRINCE DE (1734- 

 1803). French cardinal. Born in 

 Paris, Sept. 25, 1734, he was edu- 

 cated at the seminary of S. 

 Magloire, and became coadjutor 

 to his uncle 

 Constantin, 

 bishopofStras- 

 bourg, 1760. 

 He was ad- 

 mitted to the 

 Academic 



French cardinal 



Due de Rchan-Gie, 

 French soldier 



1761, and n 

 1772 went to 

 Vienna as am- 

 bassador. His 



extravagant luxury there displeased 

 Maria Theresa, who secured his 

 recall, 1774. He became cardinal, 



1778, and bishop of Strasbourg. 



1779. He fell into disgrace on 

 account of his implication in the 

 affair of the diamond necklace 

 (q.v. ), 1785, and was arrested, but 

 on release returned to Strasbourg. 

 He died at Ettenheim, Feb. 17,1803. 



Rohilkhand. Dist. of India, 

 now part of Oudh. It owes its 

 name to the Rohillas, who were 

 crushed by some British troops in 

 1774. It then became part of Oudh 

 and was annexed by Great Britain 

 in 1801. See India ; Oudh. 



Rohilkhand. Division of the 

 United Provinces, India. It is 

 situated E. of the Ganges and W. 

 of Nepal at the foot of the Hima- 

 layas. Its area is 10,829 sq. m. 

 Pop. 5,651,000. 



Rohilla. British hospital ship. 

 She was wrecked off the Yorkshire 

 coast, near Whitby, on Oct. 30, 

 1914, 70 lives being lost. 



Rohilla. People of Afghan race 

 Early in the 18th century they 

 came down from the borders of 

 Afghanistan and settled in a terri- 

 tory to the N.W. of Oudh, to which 

 the name Rohilkhand was given 

 There they came into conflict with 

 the Marathas, against whom they 

 secured the help of the nawab of 

 Oudh, Suraj-ud-Dowlah. For this 

 assistance the Rohillas promised 

 40 lacs of rupees to the nawab 

 who had apparently got rid of the 

 Marathas by a monetary payment 

 The Rohillas only discharged a 

 portion of their debt, whereupon 

 the nawab made a bargain with 

 Warren Hastings, who. in return 

 for a sum of money paid to the E. 

 India Co., promised to send a force 

 against the Rohillas. The result 

 was the short Rohilla war of 1774 

 in which the tribesmen were 

 quickly crushed. His conduct in 

 this matter was one of the charges 

 on which Hastings was impeached. 

 See Hastings, Warren ; Suraj-ud 

 Dowlah ; consult also Short His- 

 tory of the British in India, A. 

 D. Innes, 1902. 



Rohlfs, FRIEDRICH GERHARD 

 (1831-96). German explorer. Bom 

 at Bremen, April 14, 1831, he served 

 in the Slesvig-Holstein campaign 

 and then studied medicine and 

 joined the French foreign legion 

 as a surgeon. After serving in 

 Morocco, 1861-62, he disguised 

 himself as an Arab and made 

 various desert explorations. In 

 1863 he reached the oasis of Tuat, 

 and in 1865 he crossed Tripoli, S. 

 Bornu, and Sokoto, and eventually 

 made his way to the Guinea coast. 

 From 1868-75 he made other ex- 

 plorations in the African deserts, 

 which he described in various 



