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Rogerson

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General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ4395703
Source-derived summary

Rogerson is a surname. Notable people with the surname:

Andrew Peter Rogerson (born 1985 Melbourne) Captain CFA

Adam Rogerson (born 1984), American soldier, one of twelve deputed to guard Saddam Hussein when captured

Barnaby Rogerson (born 1960), British author, television presenter, and publisher

Barry Rogerson (born 1936), British bishop

Clark Thomas Rogerson (1918–2001), American mycologist

Craig Rogerson (born 1965), Australian diver

Cynthia Rogerson (born 1953), American writer

Dan Rogerson (born 1975), British Liberal Democrat politician, (MP for North Cornwall, UK)

George Rogerson (1896–1961), English cricketer

Iain Rogerson (1960–2017), British actor

Isabella Whiteford Rogerson (1835–1905), Irish-Newfoundland poet

James Johnstone Rogerson (1820–1907), Newfoundland businessman and philanthropist

John Rogerson (disambiguation), several people

Logan Rogerson (born 1998), New Zealand footballer

Nicole Rogerson (born 1974), Australian director and CEO of Autism Awareness Australia

Philip Rogerson (born 1945), British businessman

Phoenicia Rogerson (born 1996), British author

Pippa Rogerson, British solicitor and academic

Ralph Rogerson (born 1937), former Australian rules footballer

Richard Rogerson (fl. 1970s–2020s), American economist

Robert Rogerson, American industrialist

Roger Rogerson (1941–2024), Australian criminal and former police officer

Ron Rogerson (1943–1987), American football coach

Sean Rogerson (born 1977), Canadian actor and former photomodel

Sydney Rogerson (1915–1993), British army staff sergeant

Simon Rogerson (fl.

Editorial summary

“Rogerson” enters the record as wikimedia disambiguation page. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rogerson, Wikimedia and disambiguation can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 1984, 1960, 1936—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Rogerson, Wikimedia and disambiguation.
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Why this record matters

“Rogerson” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Rogerson, Wikimedia and disambiguation provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4395703. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1985, 1984, 1960 and 1936.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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This entry incorporates text from Rogerson” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.