Haldane

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]