John T. Scopes AKA John Thomas Scopes
Born: 3-Aug-1900 Birthplace: Paducah, KY Died: 21-Oct-1970 Location of death: Shreveport, LA Cause of death: Stroke Remains: Buried, Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, KY
Gender: Male Religion: Agnostic [1] Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Educator Party Affiliation: See Note [2] Nationality: United States Executive summary: Defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial Defended by Clarence Darrow.
"I furnished the body that was needed to sit in the defendant's chair." [1] Raised an Episcopalian.
[2] Ran for Congress as a Socialist Party candidate.
Father: Thomas Scopes (British immigrant, b. 1860, d. 1945) Mother: Mary Brown Scopes (b. 1865, d. 1957) Sister: Lela Scopes (b. 1896, d. 1989) Wife: Mildred Elizabeth Walker (b. 1905, m. Feb-1930, d. 1-Dec-1990 emphysema) Son: John Thomas Scopes, Jr. Son: William C. Scopes
High School: Danville High School, Danville, IL High School: Bishop Guertin High School, Salem, NH (1919) University: Law, University of Kentucky (1924) Coach: Football, Rhea County High School, Dayton, TN University: BS Geology, University of Chicago
United Gas Company
Gulf Oil Maracaibo, Venezuela
Assisted by the ACLU via Clarence Darrow Converted to Catholicism for the express purpose of marriage Risk Factors: Smoking, Cancer
Author of books:
Center of the Storm: Memoirs of John T. Scopes (1967, memoir)
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