John Scopes

John Scopes was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was arrested in 1925 for teaching evolution in a public school. The trial that followed became a national sensation and is still widely studied today. Scopes was a graduate of the University of Chicago and had taught at several schools in the United States. He was a vocal advocate for evolution and was arrested for violating a Tennessee law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools. The trial was widely publicized and is still remembered today as a landmark case in the debate over evolution and creationism.