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John Scopes

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Noun1.John Scopes - Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
John Thomas Scopes, Scopes


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Gould summarized the legend as follows: "In the heroic version, John Scopes was persecuted, [Clarence] Darrow rose to Scopes' defense and smote the antediluvian [William Jennings] Bryan, and the antievolution movement dwindled or ground to at least a temporary halt.
"Faith-based science"? by Hoar, William P. / The New American
IN 1925, John Scopes of Dayton, Tennessee, was charged with violating the Butler Act, a new state law that forbade teaching evolution in state schools.
Inherit the Baloney: creationists try to settle a score with Darwin by Lehmann, Chris / Reason
When the trial began in Dayton, Tennessee, on July 10,1925, spectators jostled each other not so much to glimpse John Scopes, the high-school biology teacher charged with violating a recently enacted ban on the teaching of evolution, as the celebrated combatants: Clarence Darrow, the renowned defense attorney, who represented Scopes; and William Jennings Bryan, the former "Boy Orator of the Platte" and three-time presidential candidate, who had joined the prosecution.
The instinct toward mercy: what Hopkins has to teach Darwin by Quinn, Peter / Commonweal
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