Clarence Darrow

Also known as Clarence Seward Darrow, Clarence S. Darrow

American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union (1857-1938)

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Born: 1857
Died: 1938
Works: 138

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Plea of Clarence Darrow in his own defense
Debate on capital punishment
The rights and wrongs of Ireland
Insects and men

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1857-04-18
Active to: 1938-03-13

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Clarence Seward Darrow (April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks (1924) and defending John T. Scopes in the Scopes Trial (1925), in which he opposed William Jennings Bryan (statesman, noted orator, and 3-time presidential candidate). Called a "sophisticated country lawyer" <a href="https://www.last

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Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer
· 2002 · cited 8,577x
Interaction between the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>d</mml:mi></mml:math>-Shells in the Transition Metals. II. Ferromagnetic Compounds of Manganese with Perovskite Structure
· 1951 · cited 6,462x
Effectiveness of Antipsychotic Drugs in Patients with Chronic Schizophrenia
· 2005 · cited 4,531x
Host–microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease
· 2012 · cited 4,246x
Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Early- and Late-Stage Human Malignancies
· 2014 · cited 4,035x

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Quotes

“In the great flood of human life that is spawned upon the earth, it is not often that a man is born.”
“Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. She will have nothing from him who will not give her all. She knows that his pretended love serves but to betray. But when once the fierce heat of her quenchless, lustrous eyes has burned into the victim's heart, he will know no other smile but hers.”
“With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men.”
“Man does not live by truth, but by the illusions that his brain conceives.”
“I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure — that is all that agnosticism means.”
“All men do the best they can. But none meet life honestly and few heroically.”

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Preceded by: Albert Glade
Succeeded by: Edward W. Gillispie
Born: Clarence Seward Darrow , ( 1857-04-18 ) April 18, 1857, Farmdale , Ohio , U.S.
Died: March 13, 1938 (1938-03-13) (aged 80), Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
Party: Independent
Other political affiliations: Public Ownership (1903–1905)
Spouses: Jessie Ohl ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1880 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1897 ) Ruby Hammerstrom ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1903 )
Children: 1; Paul Edward Darrow
Relatives: J. Howard Moore (brother-in-law) Karl K. Darrow (nephew)
Alma mater: Allegheny College , University of Michigan
Occupation: Lawyer

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date of birth: 1857-04-18
date of death: 1938-03-13
Commons Creator page: Clarence Seward Darrow
name in native language: Clarence Seward Darrow

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Clarence Seward Darrow (April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician who became famous in the 19th century for high-profile representations of trade union causes, and in the 20th century for several criminal matters, including the Leopold and Loeb murder trial, the Scopes "monkey" trial, and the Ossian Sweet defense. He was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform, as well as a noted public speaker, debater, and writer.

Darrow is considered by some legal analysts and lawyers to be the greatest lawyer of the 20th century. He was posthumously inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame. Called a "sophisticated country lawyer", Darrow's wit and eloquence made him one of the most prominent attorneys and civil libertarians in the nation.