WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

John Scopes
    n 1: Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by
         teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he
         was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by
         Clarence Darrow (1900-1970) [syn: Scopes, John Scopes,
         John Thomas Scopes]