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He was born at Oxford, United Kingdom, on November 5, 1892. J. B. S. Haldane was the son of John Scott Haldane, a distinguished physiologist, descended from an aristocratic and secular family of the Clan Haldane.
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This book, first published in 1938, is based upon the Muirhead lectures on political philosophy delivered in the University of Birmingham in January and February of 1938. This title was intended to be of interest to students and scientific workers in the belief that Marxism will prove valuable to them in their scientific work, as well as to a wider audience.
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Haldane advanced genetics, population biology and evolutionary theory. This volume emphasizes important developments in natural sciences in the early-20th century. It describes Haldane's views on society, art, religion and economy as seen through the eyes of a politically alert major scientist.
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He was born at Oxford, United Kingdom, on November 5, 1892. J. B. S. Haldane was the son of John Scott Haldane, a distinguished physiologist, descended from an aristocratic and secular family of the Clan Haldane.
His formal education began in 1897 at Oxford Preparatory School (now Dragon School), where he gained a First Scholarship in 1904 to Eton. In 1905 he joined Eton, where he experienced severe abuse from senior students for allegedly being arrogant. The indifference of authority left him with a lasting hatred for the English education system.
He studied mathematics and classics at New College at the University of Oxford and obtained first-class honours in mathematical moderations in 1912 and first-class honours in Greats in 1914.
Haldane's education was interrupted by the First World War during which he fought in the British Army. He served in France and Iraq, where he was wounded. He relinquished his commission in 1919. That year he became a Fellow of New College, Oxford, where he researched physiology and genetics. He then moved to the University of Cambridge, where he accepted a readership in Biochemistry and taught until 1932.
From 1927 until 1937 Haldane was also Head of Genetical Research at the John Innes Horticultural Institution. He was the Fullerian Professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution from 1930 to 1932 and in 1933 he became full Professor of Genetics at University College London, where he spent most of his academic career.
In 1956, Haldane left University College London, and joined the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata, India, where he headed the biometry unit till 1964.
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A lifelong Marxist, he was a member of the British Communist party. In 1950, following his differences with Soviet geneticists, he resigned from the party.
Quotations:
"Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he's unwilling to be seen with her in public. "
"I suppose the process of acceptance will pass through the usual four stages: i) This is worthless nonsense, ii) This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view, iii) This is true, but quite unimportant, iv) I always said so. "
He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1932.
Quotes from others about the person
Arthur C. Clarke credited him as "perhaps the most brilliant science populariser of his generation".
Nobel laureate Peter Medawar called Haldane "the cleverest man I ever knew".
He continued to admire Joseph Stalin, describing him in 1962 as "a very great man who did a very good job".
Haldane was married twice: his first marriage, in 1925, to Mrs. Charlotte Burghes almost led to his dismissal from Cambridge. In 1945 he married Dr. Helen Spurway, who survived him.
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