Hugo De Vries (1848-1935), Dutch botanist and geneticist, is the author of the mutation theory of evolution. His work led to the rediscovery and establishment of Mendel's laws. Hugo de Vries was born on Feb. 16, 1848, in Haarlem. His father, Gerrit De...

Hugo de Vries was a Dutch botanist famous for his work in genetics and evolution. He was one of three biologists who helped rediscover Mendel's laws of heredity in 1900. De Vries later became famous for his now-discredited theory that evolution...

De Vries was born on February 16, 1848. He grew up in Haarlem, an area in the Netherlands rich with plant life. During vacations from school, he would roam the countryside picking up more plants for his growing collection. By the time de Vries entered...

Hugo Marie de Vries was a Dutch botanist and geneticist who studied mutations in plant physiology and furthered the work of Gregor Mendel on the laws of heredity. The foremost botanist of his time, his theories provided the impetus for Charles Darwin's...