 He is known more widely as the donor of stained glass windows to both Anglican churches and nonconformist chapels.He edited several medical books, authored poems and letters to newspapers, chaired baptist and related meetings, and gave lectures to Mechanics' Institutes and similar educational institutes in London and North Yorkshire.One of Dr Rogers' most sought-after public lectures in the late 1830s was a two-evening lecture on "Mythology of the Ancients".