Maynard M. Metcalf
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Maynard Mayo Metcalf was an American biologist and a professor of zoology at Johns Hopkins University. He was the only biologist who was allowed to testify in the Scopes Trial. Metcalf specialized in
Professor Metcalf (Smithsonian Archives)
H. L. Mencken
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Henry Louis Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on literature, music, prominent politicians, and contemporary
Maynard M. Metcalf
…he thought about Bishop Ussher's origin of life estimate of 6,000 years, he suggested that he would prefer "a very modest guess" of 600,000,000 years. H. L. Mencken who was then reporting on the case for the Baltimore Evening Sun noted that Metcalf's testimony was a most succinct and eloquent support for evolution…
Mencken in 1928
Mencken c. 1920
Mencken photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932
Sara Haardt Mencken