Haldane
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- A. R. B. HaldaneA. R. B. HaldaneArchibald Richard Burdon Haldane was a Scottish social historian and writer.He was the son of Edith and Sir William Haldane, grandson of James Alexander Haldane, and nephew of Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane...
, social historian and author - Charlotte HaldaneCharlotte HaldaneCharlotte Haldane was a British feminist author. Her second husband was the biologist J.B.S. Haldane.- Biography :...
, British feminist writer - Daniel Rutherford HaldaneDaniel Rutherford HaldaneDaniel Rutherford Haldane was a prominent Scottish physician, who became president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh...
, Scottish physician - Elizabeth HaldaneElizabeth HaldaneElizabeth Sanderson Haldane was an eminent public figure, author, biographer, philosopher, suffragist, nursing administrator, and social welfare worker. She was the sister of Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane and John Scott Haldane, and became the first female Justice of the Peace in...
, first female Justice of the Peace in Scotland - Graeme HaldaneGraeme HaldaneThomas Graeme Nelson Haldane, known as Graeme Haldane, was a Scottish engineer.He was the son of Sir William Haldane and his wife Edith Nelson...
(Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane), Scottish engineer - James Alexander Haldane, Scottish independent church leader
- James Aylmer Lowthorpe HaldaneJames Aylmer Lowthorpe HaldaneGeneral Sir James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane GCMG, KCB, DSO was a senior British Army officer with a long and distinguished career.-Military career:...
, British soldier - J. B. S. HaldaneJ. B. S. HaldaneJohn Burdon Sanderson Haldane FRS , known as Jack , was a British-born geneticist and evolutionary biologist. A staunch Marxist, he was critical of Britain's role in the Suez Crisis, and chose to leave Oxford and moved to India and became an Indian citizen...
, British geneticist and evolutionary biologist, namesake of:- Haldane's dilemmaHaldane's dilemmaHaldane's Dilemma refers to a limit on the speed of beneficial evolution, first calculated by J. B. S. Haldane in 1957, and clarified further by later commentators. Creationists, and proponents of intelligent design in particular, claim it remains unresolved. Contrary to creationist claims,...
, referring to the speed of evolution - Haldane's ruleHaldane's ruleHaldane's rule or Haldane's law was formulated in 1922 by the British evolutionary biologist J.B.S. Haldane. It describes hybrid sterility in species and is extended to describe speciation in evolutionary theory, in two parts: the rule of hybrid sterility and the rule of hybrid inviability...
, referring to interspecies mating
- Haldane's dilemma
- John Joseph HaldaneJohn Joseph HaldaneJohn Joseph Haldane is a leading Scottish philosopher, commentator and broadcaster. He is a Papal Adviser to the Vatican. He is credited with coining the term Analytical Thomism, and is himself a Thomist in the analytic tradition....
, aristocrat and British philosopher - John Scott Haldane, British physician, discoverer of:
- the Haldane effectHaldane effectThe Haldane effect is a property of hemoglobin first described by the Scottish physician John Scott Haldane. Deoxygenation of the blood increases its ability to carry carbon dioxide; this property is the Haldane effect. Conversely, oxygenated blood has a reduced capacity for carbon...
in hemoglobin
- the Haldane effect
- Lewis HaldaneLewis HaldaneLewis Oliver Haldane is a Welsh under-21 international football winger who plays for League Two side Port Vale....
, 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 HaldaneRobert Haldane-Biography:Haldane was born in London, the son of James Haldane 2nd of Airthrey House, and his wife Katherine Duncan. His younger brother James Alexander Haldane was also a clergyman...
, Scottish churchman - William Stowell Haldane (also William Haldane), Crown Agent for Scotland
Fictional people
- Haldane (fictional)
- Aidan Haldane (Daniel Draper)
- Alroy Haldane (Royston Draper)
- Conall Haldane of Gwynedd
- Nigel Haldane of Gwynedd