Source : WordNet®
Haldane
n 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}]
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}]
3: Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John
Haldane (1862-1937) [syn: {Elizabeth Haldane}, {Elizabeth
Sanderson Haldane}]
4: Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane
(1856-1928) [syn: {Richard Haldane}, {Richard Burdon
Haldane}, {First Viscount Haldane of Cloan}]