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John T. Graves

Irish mathematician (1806–1870)

  • Fame42.3
  • Momentum10.6
  • Wikipedia201
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Lived 1806–1870, aged 64
AcademicsAcademic
  • Wikipedia
    8 languages
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  • Era
    1806–1870
    Aged 64
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-07-17

John Thomas Graves was an Irish jurist and mathematician. He was a friend of William Rowan Hamilton, and is credited both with inspiring Hamilton to discover the quaternions in October 1843 and then discovering their generalization the octonions himself later that same year. He was the brother of both the mathematician and bishop Charles Graves and the writer and clergyman Robert Perceval Graves.

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Momentum10.6
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Completeness60.0
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