Robert Tomes (March 27, 1817 – August 28, 1882) was an American physician, diplomat and writer.
[1] After studying further in Paris, he moved back to New York to start his medical practice.
Beginning to write around 1853, Tomes gradually relinquished his medical business and became a writer.
[5] On his return to the United States, Tomes settled in the practice of his profession in New York, but after a few years was appointed surgeon on a vessel belonging to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and made several voyages between Panama and San Francisco.
[7] His widow, who did not remarry, died many years later on August 11, 1923, and was also buried at Trinity Church Cemetery.