The science of genetics can trace its origins to biologist Gregor Mendel. In meticulous studies with pea plants, Mendel acquired the experimental data necessary to formulate the laws of heredity. Born in Heinzendorf, Austria (now the Czech Republic),...

Born on July 22, 1822, in Heinzendorf, Austria (now the Czech Republic), Mendel was the son of a peasant farmer and the grandson of a gardener. As a child, Mendel benefited from the progressive education provided by the local vicar, and he eventually...

The Moravian natural scientist and Augustinian abbot Johann Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) laid the foundations of modern genetics with his paper dealing with the hybridization of peas. Gregor Mendel was born on July 22, 1822, at Hyncice, Czechoslovakia...

In the 1860s, in an Augustinian monastery garden, Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) carried out a systematic experimental analysis of plant hybridization and inheritance patterns. Although Mendel published an account of his work and attempted to communicate...

Gregor Mendel. Natural Scientist 1822-1884 Gregor Mendel laid the foundation for the modern understanding of inheritance with his experiments on transmission of traits in garden peas. The ideas he developed are still in use today, and his...

Botanist 1822-1884 Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, was born on July 22, 1822, in Heinzendorf, Austria. He died on January 6, 1884. He was the first person to propose the idea of genes and to apply mathematics to genetics. Although his work was...

1822-1884 Austrian Monk, Biologist and Botanist In the quiet setting of a monastery garden, Gregor Mendel bred pea plants in an attempt to understand heredity, or how characteristics are passed from parent to offspring. After more than seven years of...

Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822[1] – January 6, 1884) was an Austrian Augustinian priest and scientist often called the "father of genetics" for his study of the inheritance of traits in pea plants. Mendel showed that the inheritance of traits...