Background
Brown, John Hammond was born on January 18, 1877 in Baltimore. Son of John Hammond and Georgia Childs (Shipley) Brown.
Brown, John Hammond was born on January 18, 1877 in Baltimore. Son of John Hammond and Georgia Childs (Shipley) Brown.
Student Oakland Academy, Louisa Company, Virginia, Peddie School, Hightstown, New Jersey, 1897, Richmond College, 1898. Graduated from the University Kentucky, 1902.
Explorer jungles South. A., Yucatan sector Mexico, West Indies, 1898-1903. Newspaperman Herald, also Democrat, Lexington, Kentucky, 1899-1905. Columnist Baltimore News-Post, Sunday American, since 1905.
Writer outdoor subjects since 1907.
Editor monthly magazine Outdoors Unlimited since 1940.
Member advising committee on wild waterfowl unites states department Interior. Member American Waterfowl Committee (secretary since 1947), Guardians of the River (founder, executive director 1939), Outdoor Writers Association (president), Brotherhood Jungle Cock (founder, honorary president). Club: Flying Fishermen’s (originator, vice president 1938).
Married Margaret Scott Bell, January 18, 1903. Children-Druscilla Bell (Mistress Charles C. Rettberg), Virginia Hammond (Mistress H. G. Emery), Georgia Shipley (Mistress R. L. Carmichael).