What is James Taylor (planter)?
{{Infobox person | name = James Taylor | image = Jamestaylor1.jpg | alt = | caption = James Taylor in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1860s | birth_name = James Taylor | birth_date = 29 March 1835 | birth_place = Mosspark, Auchenblae, Kincardineshire, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1892|05|02|1835|03|29 |df=yes}} | death_place = [[Kandy]], [[British Ceylon]] (present-day [[Sri Lanka]]) | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = | known_for = ''First tea plantation to British Ceylon (Sri Lanka)'' }} '''James Taylor''' (born 29 March 1835 in [[Kincardineshire]] - died 2 May 1892 in [[Kandy]]) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] man who brought [[tea]] [[plantation]]s to [[Sri Lanka]] (Ceylon). He arrived in Ceylon in 1852 and landed in Loolecondera. He lived in Sri Lanka until his death (more than half of his lifetime). He worked with [[Thomas Lipton]], another Scottish [[immigrant]], to grow the tea industry in Sri Lanka. {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, James}} [[Category:1835 births]] [[Category:1892 deaths]] [[Category:Sri Lankan people]] [[Category:Scottish businesspeople]] {{Biography-stub}}