Henry Wickham (explorer)
British botanist and smuggler (1846ā1928) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Henry Alexander Wickham (29 May 1846 ā 27 September 1928) was a British explorer. He was the first person to successfully export a large, viable shipment of, smuggled, Brazilian rubber seeds to the British Empire.[1] The British had long planned to create rubber plantations in Southeast Asia, and using Wickham's batch, the resulting plantations brought about the end of the Amazon rubber boom.[2][1]
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Sir Henry Wickham | |
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Born | Henry Alexander Wickham (1846-05-29)29 May 1846 |
Died | 27 September 1928(1928-09-27) (aged 82) Paddington, London, England |
Occupation | Explorer |
Spouse | Violet Case Carter |
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