Robert Edmund Graves (1835–1922) was an English librarian.''The Times'' obit has spelling "Edmond"

Life

Born on 10 June 1835, Robert Edmund was the eldest son of the engraver Robert Graves, A.E.R.A. He was 46 years in the service of the

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

, and retired from the office of Assistant Keeper of the Printed Books in 1900, having worked on acquisitions of rare books, including the Isham Collection. Among other posts he had held was that of librarian to the

Britwell Court Library William Henry Miller (1789 – 31 October 1848) was a Scottish book collector and parliamentarian. He sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1837. His life Miller the only child of William Miller of Craigentinny, Midlothian, was born in 1789 ...

, for which he acquired many Caxtons and other rarities. He was one of the founders of the Bibliographical Society (London), for which he acted as treasurer, and then was elected vice-president. He edited the 1886–1889 edition of Michael Bryan's ''Dictionary of Painters and Engravers,'' and contributed articles to the '' Dictionary of National Biography.'' Grave of Robert Edmund Graves in Highgate Cemetery

Grave of Robert Edmund Graves in Highgate Cemetery

Graves died at Ealing on Tuesday, 26 September 1922, aged 87 and is buried on the west side of

Highgate Cemetery Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in north London, England. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East Cemeteries. Highgate Cemetery is notable both for some of the people buried there as ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Graves, Robert Edmund 1835 births 1922 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery People associated with the British Museum English librarians Employees of the British Library