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John T. Scopes

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Gender Male
Death53 years ago
Date of birth August 3,1900
Zodiac sign Leo
Born Paducah
Kentucky
United States
Date of died October 21,1970
DiedShreveport
Louisiana
United States
Known for Scopes Trial
Spouse Mildred Walker
Lawyer Clarence Darrow
Job Teacher
Geologist
Education The University of Chicago
University of Kentucky
Movies/Shows In Search of History: The Monkey Trial
Children William Scopes
BooksScopes Worlds Famous
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John Thomas Scopes was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee schools. He was tried in a case known as the Scopes Trial, in which he was found guilty and fined $100.

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