Gregor Mendel
20 July 1822 – 6 January 1884
Austrian friar and scientist whose experiments with pea plants established the basic laws of heredity, founding the science of genetics.
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Conducted his pea plant hybridization experiments
1856 – 1863
He cultivated and tested some 28,000 plants in the monastery garden.
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Elected abbot of his monastery
1868
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