Defender
166. Defender
- Bryan, William Jennings (1860–1925) defended Creationism in famous Scopes trial. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 383–384]
- Canisius, St. Peter Jesuit theologian; buttressed Catholic faith against Protestantism. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 276]
- Daniel halts Susanna’s execution; gets her acquitted. [Apocrypha: Daniel and Susanna]
- Darrow, Clarence (1857–1938) lawyer; Bryan’s nemesis in Scopes trial (1925). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 131]
- Defender of the Faith Henry VIII as defender of the papacy against Martin Luther (1521). [Br. Hist.: EB, 8: 769–772]
- Defenders, The father-son lawyer team in early 1960s. [TV: Terrace, I, 197]
- Donatello Miriam’s ardent friend ever ready to defend her. [Am. Lit.: The Marble Faun ]
- Hector bravely defended Troy against Greek siege for ten years. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad ]
- Mason, Perry detective novels and TV series feature courtroom drama by lawyer. [Am. Lit.: Gardner, Erie Stanley, in EB, IV: 416; Radio: Buxton, 186–187; TV : Terrace, II, 199]
- Ridd, John defender of the parish of Oare in Somerset. [Br. Lit.: Lorna Doone, Magill I, 524–526]
- Zola, Emile (1840–1902) attacked Army cover-up of Dreyfus affair in J ’accuse (1898 ). [Fr. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 60]
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