John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (5 November 1892 to 1 December 1964), nicknamed Jack or JBS, was a British-born scientist and polymath, and a foundational figure in the modern synthesis of evolutionary biology.
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Additional Source Abiogenesis (Wikipedia)A warm little pond primordial soup section (edge: proposed-by, Haldane)
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1. J. B. S. Haldane (Wikidata)
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John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (5 November 1892-1 December 1964), nicknamed "Jack" or "JBS", was a British-born scientist and polymath, and a foundational figure in the modern synthesis of evolutionary biology.
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Born: 5 November 1892
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Born: 5 November 1892
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Died: 1 December 1964
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Died: 1 December 1964
Member Of: Royal Society, Article text
While working as a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley in 1932, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Haldane worked part-time at the John
Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Science, an Honorary Fellowship at New College, Oxford, and the Kimber Award of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States. He was awarded th
Works In: Biology, Lead sentence
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (; 5 November 18921 December 1964), nicknamed "Jack" or "JBS", was a British-born scientist and polymath, and a foundational figure in the modern synthesis of evolutionary biology.
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WikipediaProposed: Abiogenesis, A warm little pond primordial soup section (edge: proposed-by, Haldane)Quote, Proposed: Abiogenesis, A warm little pond primordial soup section (edge: proposed-by, Haldane)
Alexander Oparin in 1924 and J. B. S. Haldane in 1929 proposed that the earliest cells slowly self-organized from a primordial soup, the Oparin-Haldane hypothesis.
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