john thomas scopes

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john thomas scopes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  John Thomas Scopes
      n 1: 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) [syn: Scopes, John Scopes,
           John Thomas Scopes]