When Was Gregor Mendel Born

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On July 22nd, 1822 Johann Mendel was born. Later on being called Gregor, Mendel changed his first name and made his original one his middle name due to becoming a monk. Many things lead up to Mendel becoming a monk, so in this biography I will be telling you about this very famous scientist who changed, created, and discovered many things. Gregor’s hometown and place of birth was Heinzendorf, Austria. His two parents were Rosine and Anton Mendel, who owned a family farm in hopes of their son inheriting what they started. As Gregor grew his teachers saw his education accelerating at a fast paste. After completing many years of school, Gregor went to the Philosophical Institute of the University of Olmutz, joined the St. Thomas Monastery in Brno, and also went to the University of Vienna. …show more content…
As he studied and studied plants, Gregor then began to do the same with animals. Although he tried animals, his favorite things to do experiments on were pea plants. He studies the characteristics thoroughly and learned many things about them. Gregor Mendel passed away January 6th, 1884. Until many, many decades later his experiments and contributions finally came in handy to other scientists. Today, to many people including me, he is known as “The father of modern genetics”. In school we learn about many scientists who changed something for us people today, and one of my favorites is Gregor Mendel because of how much information there is about him to

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