Gregor Mendel
Gregor Johann Mendel was an Austrian biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augustinian friar and abbot of St. Thomas' Abbey in Brno (Brünn), Margraviate of Moravia. Mendel was born in a German-speaking family in the Silesian part of the Austrian Empire and gained posthumous recognition as the founder of the modern science of genetics.
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- Born in
- Hynčice
- Educated at
- University of ViennaPalacký University Olomouc
- Awards
- 🏆 Commander's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph
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1822
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Birth1884
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