John Thomas Scopes(1900-1970)
A teacher in Tennessee, by teaching a theory of evolution he fell foul
of the state's education laws. His subsequent trial ("The Scopes Monkey
Trial") was the inspiration for the play and the film Inherit the Wind (1960), remade
for TV by NBC in 1965. In both versions Dick York played the Scopes
character (Bertram Gates). TV has made two other versions of the
film.
