John T. Scopes

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defendant human schoolteacher

John T. Scopes was an American high school teacher best known for being tried in 1925 for teaching evolution in the landmark Scopes "Monkey" Trial.

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John Thomas Scopes 2

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instanceOf defendant ⓘ
human ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ
authorOf Center of the Storm ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
charge violating the Butler Act ⓘ
coAuthor James Presley ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1900-08-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-10-21 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1925-07-10 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Kentucky ⓘ
employer Dayton High School ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
surface form: White American
familyName Scopes ⓘ
fieldOfWork education ⓘ
geology ⓘ
fullName John T. Scopes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Thomas Scopes
givenName John ⓘ
hasRole test case defendant ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalCase State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes ⓘ
surface form: Scopes v. State of Tennessee
legalStatus convicted at trial ⓘ
conviction overturned on appeal ⓘ
middleName Thomas ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableFor Scopes "Monkey" Trial ⓘ
surface form: Scopes Monkey Trial

State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes ⓘ
surface form: Scopes v. State of Tennessee
occupation geologist ⓘ
high school teacher ⓘ
opposedBy William Jennings Bryan ⓘ
participantIn Scopes "Monkey" Trial ⓘ
surface form: Scopes Monkey Trial

State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes ⓘ
surface form: Scopes v. State of Tennessee
placeOfBirth Paducah, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Shreveport, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
publicationDate 1967 ⓘ
religion agnosticism ⓘ
representedBy Clarence Darrow ⓘ
residence Dayton, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Dayton, Tennessee, United States

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
subjectOf 1960 film "Inherit the Wind" ⓘ
surface form: Inherit the Wind

films and television adaptations of Inherit the Wind ⓘ
numerous books on the Scopes Trial ⓘ
trialLocation Dayton, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Dayton, Tennessee, United States

Rhea County Courthouse ⓘ
workLocation Dayton, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Dayton, Tennessee, United States

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scopes "Monkey" Trial → defendant → John T. Scopes ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Thomas Scopes
Butler Act → defendantInNotableTrial → John T. Scopes ⓘ
John T. Scopes → fullName → John T. Scopes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Thomas Scopes
Scopes "Monkey" Trial → participant → John T. Scopes ⓘ
Scopes "Monkey" Trial → prosecutedPerson → John T. Scopes ⓘ
Clarence Darrow → represented → John T. Scopes ⓘ