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Robert James Graves

Robert James Graves (27 March 1796 – 20 March 1853) 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''. He is also claimed to be the uncredited inventor of the second-hand on watches. Provided by Wikipedia