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<p><strong style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)>Henry Louis Mencken</strong><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> (September 12 1880 - January 29 1956) was an American </span>journalist<span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> </span>essayist<span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> </span>satirist<span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> </span>cultural critic<span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> and scholar of American English.</span><sup>[1]</sup><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> He commented widely on the social scene literature music prominent politicians and contemporary movements. His satirical reporting on the </span>Scopes Trial<span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> which he dubbed the Monkey Trial also gained him attention. The term </span><em>Menckenian</em><span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> has entered multiple </span>dictionaries<span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> to describe anything of or pertaining to Mencken including his combative </span>rhetorical<span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> and </span>prose<span style=color: rgba(32 33 34 1)> style.</span></p>