George William Hunter (June 29, 1863, Williamsburg, West Virginia - February 4, 1948) was an American writer. He wrote Civic Biology, the text at the center of the Scopes "monkey" trial in 1925.George William Hunter Jr. spent his later years lecturing at the Claremont Colleges. He died on February 4, 1948, at the age of 74, in Claremont, California. He is buried in Hillside Cemetery in Redlands, California. Source: Wikipedia (en)