In memoriam John Scott Haldane, 1860-1936

John Scott Haldane passed away on the stroke of midnight between March 14th and March 15th 1936 - 71 years ago today.

His ashes are laid by this memorial stone he shares with his sister Elizabeth and brother Richard, set in the graveyard of the Haldane family chapel in Gleneagles (photographs taken during my research into J. S. Haldane's biography Suffer and Survive).

His inscription carved into the obelisk gives a clear potted biography of the man:

'He devoted his life to scientific research. His work on the physiology of breathing saved the lives of many miners, divers and airmen. As an inventor he devised apparatus which made the analysis of gases and air easy and accurate. As a philosopher he investigated the nature of life. As a man he displayed conspicuous courage, both underground in investigating the causes of colliery explosions and in the laboratory by testing on himself the effect of poisonous gases. By his qualities of heart and human sympathy he endeared himself to all who knew him.'