John T. Scopes

John T. Scopes
Scopes in 1925
Born	John Thomas Scopes (1900-08-03)August 3, 1900 Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	October 21, 1970(1970-10-21) (aged 70) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupations	Teacher Football coach
Known for	Scopes Monkey Trial
Spouse	Mildred E. Walker
Children	2

John Thomas Scopes (August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970) 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 tried in a case known as the Scopes Trial, and was found guilty and fined $100 (equivalent to $1,737 in 2023).