caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name death_cause
david stone in kazan , turkey fasold beside what he claimed is a drogue 26 april 1998 corvallis , oregon , u.s.a. chicago , illinois , u.s.a. united states david fasold 23 february 1939 authoring lawsuit '' the ark of noah '' , plimer droguestonefasold.jpg david fasold
 david franklin fasold cancer
david fasold

david franklin fasold -lrb- february 23 , 1939 -- april 26 , 1998 -rrb- was a former united states merchant marine officer and salvage expert who is best known for his book `` the ark of noah '' , chronicling his early expeditions to the durupınar noah 's ark site in eastern turkey .
repudiating and then changing his views about the site , fasold was a participant in a suit with australian geologist and skeptic ian plimer against an australian creationist group .
the suit , dubbed the `` monkey trial ii , '' was an important case in the debate between science and religion and its role in society .
