Question 1

When was Gregor Mendel born and when did they die?

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Gregor Mendel was born in 1822 and died in 1884, living to about 62 years old.

Question 2

What was Gregor Mendel known for?

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Gregor Mendel was known for: Father of genetics. 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. Though farmers had known for millennia that crossbreeding of animals and plants could favor certain desirable traits, Mendel's pea plant experiments conducted between 1856 and 1863 established many of the rules of heredity, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance.

Question 3

Who was alive at the same time as Gregor Mendel?

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Gregor Mendel's closest contemporary was Victor Hugo, with whom they shared 62 years of overlapping lifetimes. Explore more contemporaries on Timeliner.

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