Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 8, Number 1, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 December 1937 — Nicot of Nicotine Fame [ARTICLE]

Nicot of Nicotine Fame

Jean Nicot, Sieur de Villemain, was a French diplomat born at Nimes, in 1530. He studied in Paris, was a courtier of Henry II and acted as envoy of Francis II to Lisbon in 1560, whence, having procured seeds from a Dutchman, who brought them from Florida, he introduced tobacco into France.