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Robert James Graves

Irish surgeon (1796-1853) · Doctors · Died at 56

Robert James Graves was an Anglo-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.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

About this person

He is also claimed to be the uncredited inventor of the second-hand on watches.

Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1796 to 1853 · aged 56