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Born
Gregor Mendel, known as the "father of modern genetics," was born in Austria in 1822 -
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Life
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Went to University of Olomouc Faculty of Philosophy
He studied practical and theoretical philosophy and physics at the and he took off a year because he got sick. -
Training as a priest.
In 1843 Mendel began his training as a priest. His physics teacher Friedrich Franz, recommended he entered the Augustinian Abbey of St Thomas in Brno. -
Went to University of Vienna
He was sent to the University of Vienna then graduated in 1853 and returned to be a teacher. -
Research of hereditary traits in plant hybrids,
Around 1854, Mendel began to research the transmission of hereditary traits in plant hybrids. -
Experiments on Plant Hybrids Publication.
In 1865, Mendel delivered two lectures on his findings to the Natural Science Society in Brno, who published the results of his studies in their journal the following year, under the title Experiments on Plant Hybrids. -
Elected abbot of the school he was teaching.
In 1868, Mendel was elected abbot of the school where he had been teaching for the previous 14 years, and both his resulting administrative duties and his gradually failing eyesight kept him from continuing any extensive scientific work. -
Ideas rejected.
Mendel's ideas were rejected in 1868 but then rediscovered decades later. -
He died
When Gregor mendel was 61, he died on January 6, 1884.