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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27 March 1796 Holles Street, Dublin
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Died |
20 March 1853 (aged 56) Cloghan Castle, Co. Offaly
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Zodiac | Aries |
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