r.b. haldane
deɪn noun
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2.
his father, John Scott, 1860–1936, Scottish physiologist and writer.
3.
Richard Burdon (Viscount Haldane of Cloan) 1856–1928, Scottish jurist, statesman, and writer (brother of John Scott).
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| 1. | J(ohn) B(urdon) S(anderson) 1892--1964, Scottish biochemist, geneticist, and writer on science |
| 2. | his father, John Scott. 1860--1936, Scottish physiologist, noted particularly for his research into industrial diseases |
| 3. | 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 |
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Haldane Hal·dane (hôl'dān', -dən)
Family of Scottish intellectuals and scientists, including John Scott Haldane (1860-1936), a physiologist noted for his studies of the exchange of gases during respiration; and his son John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892-1964), a geneticist.
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