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# John T. Scopes

(1900–1970)   Teacher

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John T. Scopes was a teacher.

## Quick Facts About John T. Scopes

Born August 3, 1900

Died October 21, 1970

Profession Teacher

## About John T. Scopes

American schoolteacher (1900–1970)... \| John Thomas Scopes was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee schools. He was trialed in a case known as the Scopes trial and was found guilty and fined $100.

##  Quotes by John T. Scopes

> [You don't protect any of your individual liberties by lying down and going to sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-scopes/you-don-t-protect-any-of-your-individual-liberties-by-lying-down-and/)

John T. Scopes

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> [Education, you know, means broadening, advancing; and if you limit a teacher to only one side of anything, the whole country will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-t-scopes/education-you-know-means-broadening-advancing-and-if-you-limit-a/)

John T. Scopes

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