| Authorised form of name | Graves; Robert James (? 1797 - 1853) |
| Dates | ? 1797 - 1853 |
| Date of birth | 1796 or 27 March 1797 |
| Date of death | 20 March 1853 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Studied in Edinburgh and at Trinity College, Dublin MD 1818; studied in Berlin, Gottingen, Vienna, Copenhagen, Paris and Italy (met JMW Turner during his travels)
Career:
King's Professor, Trinity College, Dublin (1827); member of the 'Dublin School of Medicine'; appointed physician to the Meath Hospital (1821) and began to reform clinical practice; published 'Clinical Lectures on the Practice of Medicine' (1843)
Memberships:
MRIA President 1843; Honorary Member of the Medical Societies of Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg, Tubingen, Bruges and Montreal
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/06/1850 |
| Relationships | Cousin of John Thomas Graves (FRS 1839); Son of Richard Graves, scholar and divine, Archibishop King's Professor of Divinity, PRofessor of Laws and Regius Professor of Greek and Divinity at Trinity College |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
BR and DNB give birth date as 1796; Boase gives specific birth date of 27 Mar 1797 |
| Code | NA2656 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1850/12 | Graves, Robert James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |