Dictionary Definition
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]
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]
Extensive Definition
Haldane (Half Dane) is the surname of an
aristocratic Scottish family which includes various scientists and
churchmen:
- :Category:Haldane family
- A. R. B. Haldane, social historian and author
- Charlotte Haldane, British feminist writer
- Daniel Rutherford Haldane, Scottish physician
- Elizabeth Haldane, first female Justice of the Peace in Scotland
- Graeme Haldane (Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane), Scottish engineer
- James Alexander Haldane, Scottish independent church leader
- James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane, British soldier
- J. B. S.
Haldane, British geneticist and evolutionary biologist,
namesake of:
- Haldane's Dilemma, referring to the speed of evolution
- Haldane's Law, a statement about the universe
- Haldane's Rule, referring to interspecies mating
- John Joseph Haldane, aristocrat and British philosopher
- John
Scott Haldane, British physician, discoverer of:
- the Haldane Effect in hemoglobin
- Lewis Haldane, Welsh footballer
- Naomi Margaret Haldane (also Naomi Mitchison), Scottish writer
- Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor and 'Father of the Territorial Army'
- Robert Haldane, Scottish churchman
- William Stowell Haldane (also William Haldane), Crown Agent for Scotland
Haldane is the surname of a fictional family in
the Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz:
Places
There are (at least) two Haldane craters:haldane in French: Haldane
haldane in Japanese: ホールデン