Gregor Mendel

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biologist geneticist monk person scientist

Gregor Mendel was a 19th-century Augustinian monk and scientist whose experiments with pea plants founded the science of genetics and laid the groundwork for modern evolutionary theory.

Aliases (2)

Johann Mendel ×1
Mendel ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biologist → geneticist → monk → person → scientist →
almaMater	University of Vienna →
birthName	Johann Mendel →
burialPlace	Brno →
causeOfDeath	chronic nephritis →
countryOfCitizenship	Austrian Empire →
dateOfBirth	1822-07-20 →
dateOfDeath	1884-01-06 →
employer	St Thomas's Abbey, Brno →
era	19th century →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	Mendel →
fieldOfWork	botany → genetics → heredity → statistics in biology →
givenName	Gregor →
hasHonorificTitle	Father of Genetics →
influenced	modern evolutionary theory → modern genetics →
knownFor	Mendel's laws → Mendelian inheritance → discovering laws of inheritance → experiments with pea plants → founding the science of genetics → law of independent assortment → law of segregation →
languageOfWork	German →
memberOf	Augustinian Order →
notableWork	Experiments on Plant Hybridization →
occupation	monk → scientist → teacher →
placeOfBirth	Austrian Empire → Heinzendorf bei Odrau →
placeOfDeath	Austro-Hungarian Empire → Brno →
positionHeld	abbot of St Thomas's Abbey →
publicationYear	1866 →
religion	Catholicism →
religiousName	Gregor →
studied	Pisum sativum → garden pea plants →
studiedUnder	Christian Doppler → Franz Unger NERFINISHED →
usedMethod	statistical analysis of traits →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Evolution: The Modern Synthesis → Theodosius Dobzhansky → William Bateson → modern evolutionary synthesis →	influencedBy
Gregor Mendel ("Johann Mendel") →	birthName
Gregor Mendel ("Mendel") →	familyName