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Gregor
Johann
Mendel (1822 – |
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1884), was born on 22 July 1822 in |
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Heinzendorf
(in Austria that time), |
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now
Hyncica, part of the town |
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Odry
in the Czech Republic, and |
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was baptized as
Johann.
He took |
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the name
'Gregor'
when he |
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entered
in 1843 the
Augustinian |
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monastery of Brünn (Brno). |
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In 1840 he
entered the University |
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of Olmütz (Olomouc)
to study |
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Philosophy and
later on also |
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Physics.
In 1843 Mendel became |
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a novice and
started to study
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regular studies
in theology when |
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he entered in
1845 the Brünn |
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(Brno) Theological
College. |
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In 1846 he
attended additional |
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lectures of
Franz Diebl in plant |
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breeding
(fruit-growing and |
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viticulture) and
in 1848, one year |
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after his
ordination as a priest, he |
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also attended
Diebl's lectures in |
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agriculture. He
completed his |
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studies at the
College that same |
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year. From 1851 till
1853 Mendel |
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took a two years
study |
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programme in natural sciences at |
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the
Vienna
University (Unger - |
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plant
physiology; Von |
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Ettinghausen
- experimental |
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organization and
method;
Doppler |
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experimental physics). |
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He became the abbot of the
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monastery
in 1868 and died there
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on
6 January 1884.
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He started his genetic |
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experiments
in 1856 in a little |
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garden (ca.
250 m2) at the |
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monastery. |
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Brno (Brünn),
"Mendel's garden"
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Mendel's publication on the
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results of his experiments in 1865
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was in essence neglected for
more
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than 35 years (except
than by a
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few botanists). Only after 1900 and
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thus more than 16 years after
his
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death, the importance of his ideas
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and research was at last
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acknowledged with the rediscovery
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of the relevance of his work by
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Hugo de Vries, Correns and Von
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Tschermak.
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Gregor Mendel |
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