Gregor Mendel (Born 1822) was an Austrian-Czech biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augustinian friar and abbot of St. Thomas' Abbey in Brno, Moravia. He was the first person to lay the mathematical foundation of the science of genetics, in what came to be called Mendelism.
From an impoverished childhood his abilities were recognised by the local priest and he was sent to school and attended the Universities of Olmütz and Vienna. His mental health meant he was unable to succeed as a priest or pass his state teaching exams, but he taught at a local secondary school
His work with edible peas developed an improved understanding and mathematical basis to the transmission of hybrid traits. Although a reliable experimentalist in his own right, it is claimed that much of the work on peas was carried out by the Abbey gardener, who ensured the correct numbers of plants showed the correct experimental features.
His experimental work declined when he was appointed Abbot. He died in 1884.
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