# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-fortune
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:45:40.587Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-fortune"
name: "Robert Fortune"
slug: "robert-fortune"
description: "Robert Fortune was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter, and traveller, best known for introducing around 250 new ornamental plants, mainly from China, but also Japan, into the gardens of Britain, Australia, and North America. He also played a role in the development of the tea industry in India in the 19th century."
tagline: "British botanist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RobertFortune.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1812-09-16"
deathDate: "1880-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.07
  momentum:             5.775929295554978
  historical:           16.15181733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fortune"
    title: "Robert Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fortune"
    title: "Robert Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fortune_(botaniste)"
    title: "Robert Fortune (botaniste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fortune"
    title: "Robert Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Fortune"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump