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J. B. S. Haldane

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@misc{scienceatlas-j-b-s-haldane,
  author = {Science Atlas},
  title = {J. B. S. Haldane},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/j-b-s-haldane},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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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1892 1

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1892-11-05 1

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1964-12-01 1

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1964 1

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Additional Source Abiogenesis (Wikipedia)A warm little pond primordial soup section (edge: proposed-by, Haldane)

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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

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WikipediaProposed: Abiogenesis, A warm little pond primordial soup section (edge: proposed-by, Haldane)

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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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