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Vair Byrnell Priestley 1912 - 1950

Vair Byrnell Priestley of Melbourne Australia was born in 1912 to Samuel Henry Richard Priestley and Mary Esme Dodds. They had siblings Vair Byrnell Priestley and James Lister Priestley. Vair Priestley died at age 38 years old in 1950 in Melbourne.
Vair Byrnell Priestley
Melbourne Australia
1912
1950
Melbourne, Australia
Gender
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Vair Byrnell Priestley's History: 1912 - 1950

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  • 1912

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    1912
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  • 1950

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    1950
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    Cause of death
    Melbourne Australia
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    Vair Byrnell Priestley lived 36 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 38.
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In 1912, in the year that Vair Byrnell Priestley was born, New Mexico became the 47th state of the Union in January. Previously a province of Mexico, then a territory of the United States and mostly populated by Native Americans and Mexicans, once it became a U.S. territory it was increasingly colonized by European-American settlers. Its population was over 327,000 when it became a state.
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In 1925, at the age of only 13 years old, Vair was alive when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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