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John T. Scopes


Born
in Paducah, Kentucky, The United States
August 03, 1900

Died
October 21, 1970

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Genre
Science, Biology, Evolution

Influences
Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow ...more


John Thomas Scopes (August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970) was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925 for violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. He was tried in a case known as the Scopes Trial.

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“I furnished the body that was needed to sit in the defendant's chair.

[Explaining his role in the Scopes Monkey Trial.]”
― John Thomas Scopes
tags: biology, evolution, evolution-trial, monkey-trial, religion-and-science, science, scopes, scopes-monkey-trial, scopes-trial
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