Haldane

[ hawl-deyn ]

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noun

John Bur·don San·der·son [jon, , bur, -dn , san, -der-s, uh, n], 1892–1964, English biochemist, geneticist, and writer.
his father John Scott, 1860–1936, Scottish physiologist and writer.
Richard Burdon Viscount Haldane of Cloan, 1856–1928, Scottish jurist, statesman, and writer (brother of John Scott).

Haldane

/ ˈhɔːldeɪn /

HaldaneJ(ohn) B(urdon) S(anderson)18921964MScottishSCIENCE: chemistSCIENCE: geneticistWRITING: science writer J ( ohn ) B ( urdon ) S ( anderson ) 1892–1964, Scottish biochemist, geneticist, and writer on science
HaldaneJohn Scott18601936MScottishSCIENCE: physiologist his father, John Scott. 1860–1936, Scottish physiologist, noted particularly for his research into industrial diseases
HaldaneRichard Burdon, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan18561928MBritishPOLITICS: statesmanLAW: jurist his brother, Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan. 1856–1928, British statesman and jurist. As secretary of state for war (1905–12) he reorganized the army and set up the territorial reserve

Soon after this discovery we came near losing Haldane, the big grey wolf, in a crevasse.

I was going along the public road between the hamlets of Mill of Haldane and Ballock.

General Haldane was one of the first Brigadiers to receive a Division.

Prof. Haldane of Cambridge has called attention to many of these processes.

I regret that I must write you again in regard to your grandson, Haldane Briggs, but necessity leaves no choice.

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