Robert Fortune
botanist
Robert Fortune was a Scottish botanist and plant collector known for his expeditions to China in the mid-19th century, where he famously smuggled tea plants to India, altering the global tea industry.
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Robert Fortune is known for his audacious missions that impacted the tea trade.
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