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Biographies of Scots and Scots Descendants (G) Garvie,
Thomas
The emperor of China needed a
physician in the 17th century, so Dr. Robert Erskine (physician
to the tsar) recommended Garvie who was in Russia at the time. Garvie
accepted the post and became the first Briton to travel to China across
Siberia.
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