Brown, Jon Christopher, 1949-

Jon Christopher Brown was born on December 3, 1949, in Jersey City, N.J. He earned a B.S. degree in botany at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, an M.S. degree in botany at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and a Ph.D. in biology at Tulane University, where he wrote his dissertation on plant communities of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Campeche, Mexico. A tobacco enthusiast, Brown became interested in Louisiana perique tobacco and has helped revive this dying crop through promotion and entrepreneurship with perique farmer, Percy Martin.

From the description of Jon Christopher Brown oral history interview, 2000. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 664802723