John T. Scopes

Teacher, Author

1900 – 1970

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Who was John T. Scopes?

John Thomas Scopes 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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Born
Aug 3, 1900
Paducah
Also known as
  • John Thomas Scopes
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Kentucky
Lived in
  • Tennessee
  • Paducah
Died
Oct 21, 1970

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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