Robert Perceval Graves | |
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| Born | 9 March 1810 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 5 October 1893 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | clergyman |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
| Notable works | Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton |
| Spouse | Helena Hutchins Bellasis |
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Robert Perceval Graves (9 March 1810 in Dublin – 5 October 1893 in Dublin)[1][2] was an Irish biographer and clergyman, brother of both mathematician and bishop Charles Graves[3] and jurist and mathematician John T. Graves.[4] He was a brother-in-law of the German historian Leopold von Ranke who was married to his sister Helena Clarissa, and an uncle of the poet Alfred Perceval Graves. Graves is best known for his three-volume biography of W. R. Hamilton.[5]
- ^ Photograph of Graves/Hutchins tombstone at Mount Jerome, Dublin
- ^ Transcription of words on the Graves tombstone
- ^ Yaglom, I.M. (1988). Felix Klein and Sophus Lie. Boston: Birkhäuser Verlag. p. 91. ISBN 0-8176-3316-2.
- ^ The Graves family of Yorkshire and Mickleton Manor, Gloucestershire, England Graves Family Association
- ^ Hamilton was a friend of his brother John and also a colleague of his brother Charles.