“For a 1950 paper that discussed ‘anisotropic elastic continuum’ by mathematician James Oldroyd, geophysicist Harold Jeffreys wrote: `Knowing the author, I have confidence that the analysis is correct.’”
(albeit identified as a geophysicist) and Haldane
“A negative review [of Alan Turing’s 1951 paper] by scientist J.B.S. Haldane states: `I consider that the whole non-mathematical part should be re-written.’ A more positive opinion came from physicist Charles Galton Darwin, who said: `This paper is well worth printing, because it will convey to the biologist the possibilities of mathematical morphology.’ Still, Darwin criticized the proposed use of a “digital computer” to simulate wave theory. “The machinery is far too heavy for such a simple purpose,” Darwin argued.”
and Haldane again
“In a 1943 review by Haldane of a paper on the fecundity of Drosophila flies, the reviewer suggested cutting figures and tables, some of the discussion and, bizarrely, a short eulogy of a fly biologist.”
