What is J.B.S. Haldane?
{{Infobox Scientist | name = J.B.S. Haldane | image = JBS Haldane, circa 1914.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = J.B.S. Haldane | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|11|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Oxford]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1964|12|1|1892|11|5|df=y}} | death_place = [[Bhubaneswar]], [[India]] | nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] (until 1961) <br> [[India]]n | field = [[Biologist]] | work_institution = [[University of Cambridge]]<br>[[University of California, Berkeley]]<br>[[University College London]]<br>[[Indian Statistical Institute]] [[Calcutta]] | alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Frederick Gowland Hopkins]] | doctoral_students = [[John Maynard Smith]] <!--[[Krishna Dronamraju]]--> | known_for = [[Population genetics]]<br> [[Enzymology]] | prizes = [[Darwin Medal]] (1952) | }} '''John Burdon Sanderson Haldane''' FRS (3 November 1892 – 1 December 1964), known as '''Jack''' (but who used 'J.B.S.' in his printed works), was a British [[genetics|geneticist]] and [[evolutionary biology|evolutionary biologist]] who emigrated to [[India]] towards the end of his life. He was one of the founders (along with [[Ronald Fisher]] and [[Sewall Wright]]) of [[population genetics]]. Jack Haldane was a [[communist]], [[atheist]] and a writer of popular science books, and articles for the ''Daily Worker''. His major professional work was his contribution of mathematical papers on the [[theory of evolution]], which assisted the [[modern evolutionary synthesis]]. == Career == Between 1919 and 1922 he was a [[Fellow]] of New College, [[Oxford University]], then moved to [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]], where he accepted a Readership in Biochemistry at [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]] and taught there until 1932. During his nine years at Cambridge, Haldane worked on [[enzyme]]s and [[genetics]], particularly the mathematical side of genetics. Haldane wrote many popular essays on science that were eventually collected and published in