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Graves, Robert James (1797–1853)

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Robert James Graves

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Robert James Graves

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Date, Country, and City of Birth

March 27, 1797, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Date, Country, and City of Death

March 20, 1853, County Offaly, Republic of Ireland

History of Life

Robert James Graves was born in Dublin 1797, where his father, Richard Graves was Senior Fellow of Trinity College and Regius Professor of Divinity. Robert also attended Trinity, achieving his medical degree in 1818 with a gold medal for scholastic excellence. Following graduation, he furthered his education in London, Berlin, Göttingen, Vienna, Copenhagen, Paris and Italy. His proficiency with foreign languages was so great that he was mistaken for a German spy in Vienna, and briefly imprisoned. At the age of 25, he returned to Dublin and was elected to the staff of the Meath Hospital, where he endeavored to reform the system of medical education in Ireland. In his system of teaching, inspired by the institutions he had...

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References and Further Reading

  • Beninder, E. (1984). The Dublin School: From poverty, a rich legacy. Hospital Practice, 10, 221–247.

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  • Graves, R. J. (1884). In D. Neligan (Ed.), Clinical lectures on the practice of medicine (2nd ed.). London: New Sydenham Society.

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  • Majors, R. H. (1932). Classic descriptions of disease. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas.

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  • Whitehead, R. W. (1969). Historical annotation: Robert James Graves, physician, educator, scientist. Circulation, 39, 719–721.

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  1. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK

    Bethany Jill Williams

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  1. Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jan G. van den Tweel

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Williams, B.J. (2017). Graves, Robert James (1797–1853). In: van den Tweel, J.G. (eds) Pioneers in Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41995-4_2987

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