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JOHN BURDON SANDERSON HALDANE
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• JOHN BURDON SANDERSON HALDANE (noun)
The noun JOHN BURDON SANDERSON HALDANE has 1 sense:
1. Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
Familiarity information: JOHN BURDON SANDERSON HALDANE used as a noun is very rare.
• JOHN BURDON SANDERSON HALDANE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Haldane; J. B. S. Haldane; John Burdon Sanderson Haldane
Instance hypernyms:
geneticist (a biologist who specializes in genetics)
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