| LC control no. | n 79041823 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Scopes, John Thomas |
| Variant(s) | Skops, Dzhon |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Lexington (Ky.) Dayton (Tenn.) Chicago (Ill.) |
| Located | Salem (Ill.) |
| Birth date | 1900-08-03 |
| Death date | 1970-10-21 |
| Place of birth | Paducah (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Shreveport (La.) |
| Affiliation | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Chicago University of Kentucky |
| Profession or occupation | High school teachers |
| Found in | His The world's most famous court trial, Tennessee evolution case. Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 803 (John Thomas Scopes, born in Paducah, Ky. on August 3, 1900; moved to Salem, Ill.; attended University of Illinois, transferred to University of Kentucky in 1921 and graduated from there in 1924. Taught at Rhea County Central High School in Dayton, Tennessee where as a substitute he tested the Tennessee Butler Act by expanding upon Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, for which he was arrested and tried in the July 10, 1925-July 21, 1925 State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, aka "Scopes Trial". Subsequently he attended the University of Chicago; unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives; died in Shreveport La., October 21, 1970.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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