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Haldane

noun

1. Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)

• Syn: ↑J. B. S. Haldane, ↑John Burdon Sanderson Haldane

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geneticist

2. Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936)

• Syn: ↑John Haldane, ↑John Scott Haldane

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑physiologist

3. Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)

• Syn: ↑Richard Haldane, ↑Richard Burdon Haldane, ↑First Viscount Haldane of Cloan

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader

4. Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)

• Syn: ↑Elizabeth Haldane, ↑Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author

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/hawl"dayn/, n.

1. John Burdon Sanderson /berr"dn san"deuhr seuhn/, 1892-1964, English biochemist, geneticist, and writer.

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).

Useful english dictionary. 2012.