John Scott Haldane

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John Scott Haldane was a pioneering Scottish physiologist and respiratory researcher whose work on gas exchange, high-altitude physiology, and mine safety fundamentally shaped modern respiratory medicine and occupational health.

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instanceOf academic
human
physiologist
scientist
awardReceived Copley Medal
Royal Medal
birthDate 1860-05-02
causeOfDeath pneumonia
child J. B. S. Haldane
contributedTo development of modern respiratory medicine
development of occupational health standards
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1936-03-14
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
University of Jena NERFINISHED
employer University of Oxford
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName J. B. S. Haldane
surface form: Haldane
fieldOfWork gas exchange
high-altitude medicine
mine safety
occupational health
physiology
respiratory physiology
givenName John
influenced J. B. S. Haldane
knownFor development of methods for gas analysis of blood and air
establishing safe decompression tables for divers
investigations of mine explosions and gas poisoning
studies of high-altitude physiology
work on the physiology of respiration
memberOf Royal Society
name John Scott Haldane self-link
notableIdea importance of carbon dioxide in control of respiration
notableWork Haldane apparatus
Haldane principle of gas analysis
research on decompression sickness
studies on carbon monoxide poisoning
studies on regulation of breathing
placeOfBirth Edinburgh
placeOfDeath Oxford
positionHeld Reader in Physiology at the University of Oxford
researchFocus carbon dioxide and regulation of breathing
effects of low oxygen at high altitude
toxic gases in mines
spouse Louisa Kathleen Trotter
workLocation Birmingham
Oxford

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J. B. S. Haldane father John Scott Haldane
Naomi Mitchison father John Scott Haldane
John Scott Haldane name John Scott Haldane self-link