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John Thomas Scopes

DEFINITIONS OF: John Thomas Scopes

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n 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)

Synonyms:
John Scopes, Scopes
Example of:
school teacher, schoolteacher
a teacher in a school below the college level
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