John T. Scopes
American schoolteacher (1900-1970) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 70
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.
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1970Died21 October 19701925Scopes Trial: Evolution in American CourtsIn history, The trial of John Scopes for teaching evolution in Tennessee crystallized the cultural clash between scientific modernism and religious fundamentalism in 1920s America.Story: Recap.at CC BY-SA371K Wikipedia readers in the past year1900Born3 August 1900
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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1900 to 1970 · aged 70
