Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) is often known as the founder of modern genetics. He was an Augustian monk born in a small village in Heinzendorf (now Czechoslovakia). His parents, Anton and Rosina Mendel named him Johann. Johann was a good student and very academic, but unfortunately, when he got older he could not complete his education because his family was very poor and could not afford to put him in high school. In 1843, Mendel decided to join an Augustinian monastery in the town of Brunn so that he could continue his studies on his own. There, he was required to choose a new name, so he became Gregor Johann Mendel and became a priest in 1847. At the monastery, the priest in charge sent Mendel to the University of Vienna so that he could study physics, chemistry, zoology, and mathematics. After his return to Brunn, Mendel’s interest in evolution and gardening led him to take up the hobby of hybridization. He also carried out a series of experiments on pea plants in the beautiful garden that surrounded the monastery

                                          Gregor Mendel

                                              Gregor Mendel

                                          Gregor Mendel

                                              Gregor Mendel

                                          Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822 – January 6, 1884) was an Austrian Augustinian friar and scientist, who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the new science of genetics for his study of the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants. Mendel showed that the inheritance of these traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him. The significance of Mendel's work was not recognized until the turn of the 20th century. The independent rediscovery of these laws formed the foundation of the modern science of genetics.

Mendel was born into an ethnic German family in Heinzendorf bei Odrau, Austrian Silesia, Austrian Empire (now Hynčice, Czech Republic), and was baptized two days later as Johann. He was the son of Anton and Rosine (Schwirtlich) Mendel, and had one older sister (Veronica) and one younger (Theresia). They lived and worked on a farm which had been owned by the Mendel family for at least 130 years. During his childhood, Mendel worked as a gardener, studied beekeeping, and as a young man attended Gymnasium (school) in Opava. Later, from 1840 to 1843, he studied practical and theoretical philosophy as well as physics at the University of Olomouc Faculty of Philosophy, taking a year off through illness. When Mendel entered the Faculty of Philosophy, the Department of Natural History and Agriculture was headed by Johann Karl Nestler, who conducted extensive research of hereditary traits of plants and animals, especially sheep. In 1843 Mendel began his training as a priest. Upon recommendation of his physics teacher Friedrich Franz, he entered the Augustinian Abbey of St Thomas in Brno in 1843. Born Johann Mendel, he took the name Gregor upon entering religious life. In 1851 he was sent to the University of Vienna to study under the sponsorship of Abbot C. F. Napp. At Vienna, his professor of physics was Christian Doppler. Mendel returned to his abbey in 1853 as a teacher, principally of physics, and by 1867, he had replaced Napp as abbot of the monastery.
Besides his work on plant breeding while at St Thomas's Abbey, Mendel also bred bees in a bee house that was built for him, using bee hives that he designed. He also studied astronomy and meteorology, founding the 'Austrian Meteorological Society' in 1865. The majority of his published works were related to meteorology.

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) is often known as the founder of modern genetics. He was an Augustian monk born in a small village in Heinzendorf (now Czechoslovakia). His parents, Anton and Rosina Mendel named him Johann. Johann was a good student and very academic, but unfortunately, when he got older he could not complete his education because his family was very poor and could not afford to put him in high school. In 1843, Mendel decided to join an Augustinian monastery in the town of Brunn so that he could continue his studies on his own. There, he was required to choose a new name, so he became Gregor Johann Mendel and became a priest in 1847. At the monastery, the priest in charge sent Mendel to the University of Vienna so that he could study physics, chemistry, zoology, and mathematics. After his return to Brunn, Mendel’s interest in evolution and gardening led him to take up the hobby of hybridization. He also carried out a series of experiments on pea plants in the beautiful garden that surrounded the monastery

                                          Gregor Mendel

                                              Gregor Mendel

                                          Gregor Mendel

                                              Gregor Mendel

                                          Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822 – January 6, 1884) was an Austrian Augustinian friar and scientist, who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the new science of genetics for his study of the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants. Mendel showed that the inheritance of these traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him. The significance of Mendel's work was not recognized until the turn of the 20th century. The independent rediscovery of these laws formed the foundation of the modern science of genetics.

Mendel was born into an ethnic German family in Heinzendorf bei Odrau, Austrian Silesia, Austrian Empire (now Hynčice, Czech Republic), and was baptized two days later as Johann. He was the son of Anton and Rosine (Schwirtlich) Mendel, and had one older sister (Veronica) and one younger (Theresia). They lived and worked on a farm which had been owned by the Mendel family for at least 130 years. During his childhood, Mendel worked as a gardener, studied beekeeping, and as a young man attended Gymnasium (school) in Opava. Later, from 1840 to 1843, he studied practical and theoretical philosophy as well as physics at the University of Olomouc Faculty of Philosophy, taking a year off through illness. When Mendel entered the Faculty of Philosophy, the Department of Natural History and Agriculture was headed by Johann Karl Nestler, who conducted extensive research of hereditary traits of plants and animals, especially sheep. In 1843 Mendel began his training as a priest. Upon recommendation of his physics teacher Friedrich Franz, he entered the Augustinian Abbey of St Thomas in Brno in 1843. Born Johann Mendel, he took the name Gregor upon entering religious life. In 1851 he was sent to the University of Vienna to study under the sponsorship of Abbot C. F. Napp. At Vienna, his professor of physics was Christian Doppler. Mendel returned to his abbey in 1853 as a teacher, principally of physics, and by 1867, he had replaced Napp as abbot of the monastery.
Besides his work on plant breeding while at St Thomas's Abbey, Mendel also bred bees in a bee house that was built for him, using bee hives that he designed. He also studied astronomy and meteorology, founding the 'Austrian Meteorological Society' in 1865. The majority of his published works were related to meteorology.

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel