# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-t-scopes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:50:38.569Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/john-t-scopes"
name: "John T. Scopes"
slug: "john-t-scopes"
description: "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 trialed in a case known as the Scopes trial and was found guilty and fined $100."
tagline: "American schoolteacher (1900–1970)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1900-08-03"
deathDate: "1970-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump