Robert James Graves, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Irish surgeon
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Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
About Robert James Graves
- Robert James Graves, F.R.C.S.
- (27 March 1796 – 20 March 1853) was an eminent Irish surgeon after whom Graves' disease takes its name.
- He was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Fellow of the Royal Society of London and the co-founder of the Dublin Journal of Medical Science.
- He is also the uncredited inventor of the second-hand on watches.
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