Robert Fortune (16 September 1813 – 13 April 1880) was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for introducing tea plants from China to India. Robert Fortune was born in Britain on 16 September 1812, at Kelloe, Berwickshire.
Read more about Robert Fortune: Travels and Botanical Introductions To Europe, Publications, Plants Named After Robert Fortune, Introductions By Robert Fortune
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“Good fortune then!
To make me blest or cursed’st among men.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)