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Meaning of HALDANE

Pronunciation:  'holdeyn

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)
  2. [n]  Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)
  3. [n]  Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936)
  4. [n]  Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
 
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 Synonyms: Elizabeth Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane, First Viscount Haldane of Cloan, J. B. S. Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, John Haldane, John Scott Haldane, Richard Burdon Haldane, Richard Haldane
 
 See Also: author, geneticist, national leader, physiologist, solon, statesman, writer

 

 

Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: J.B.S. Haldane was born in 1892, died in 1964. He was a British geneticist and author who wrote many works of popular science.
 

 

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