Statement by Professor Horatio Hackett Newman

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Typed biography of professor Horatio Hackett Newman, from the State of Tennessee vs. John T. Scopes

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ISSUED BY DEFENSE COUNSEL, STATE OF TENN vs. JOHN T. SCOPES.

This document is for release when it has become complete
ly a part of the court record. It is accepted by newspapers
and correspondents with the condition and explicit understand
ing that it is not to be published or any of its contents re
ferred to in any way until it is definitely released. It may
be amended or changed before such release.

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STATEMENT BY PROFESSOR HORATIO HACKET NEWMAN:

(Zoologist, University of Chicago)

(Biography–––– He was dean of the colleges of science at that
university for nearly seven years, having charge especially of
premedical and medical students. He has been teaching zoology
since 1898. Ho received his bachelor's degree at McMaster
University, and his doctor's degree at Chicago University.
He has memberships and fellowships in the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Zoolo
gists, etc. He has attracted widespread attention in the
scientific world by his studies of experi[m]ental embryology,
and in other zoological subjects. He was among the earliest
in this country to organize large classes in various universities
for tho study of evolution and heredity. His publications in
clude many technical monographs and the following books:-
Evolution, Genetics and Eugenics;
Vertebrate Zoology;
Outlines of General Zoology;
The Biology of Twins;
The Physiology of Twinning.)