Hugo de Vries

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Hugo de Vries was a Dutch botanist and early geneticist who helped establish modern genetics by independently formulating mutation theory and contributing to the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel’s work.

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instanceOf botanist
geneticist
human
university teacher
academicDegree doctorate in botany
countryOfBirth Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of the Netherlands
countryOfDeath Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1848-02-16
dateOfDeath 1935-05-21
educatedAt University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
University of Leiden NERFINISHED
University of Würzburg NERFINISHED
employer University of Amsterdam NERFINISHED
era early 20th century science
late 19th century science
ethnicGroup Dutch
familyName de Vries NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork botany
evolutionary biology
genetics
givenName Hugo NERFINISHED
hasAcademicDiscipline experimental botany
plant physiology
influenced early geneticists
evolutionary biologists
influencedBy Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel NERFINISHED
knownFor contribution to the rediscovery of Mendel’s work
experiments on evening primrose (Oenothera)
independent formulation of mutation theory
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
English
German
memberOf Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED
movement mutationism
name Hugo de Vries NERFINISHED
notableWork Die Mutationstheorie NERFINISHED
Intracellular Pangenesis NERFINISHED
mutation theory
rediscovery of Mendel’s laws
placeOfBirth Haarlem NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Lunteren NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor of botany
sexOrGender male
studied heredity
mutations
plant variation
workLocation Amsterdam

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Mendel's laws rediscoveredBy Hugo de Vries