Mendel

Gregor Mendel-Founder of the modern science of genetics.

  • Born in the Austrian Empire

    Gregor Mendel was born in Heinzendorf bei Odran.
  • Mendel is sent secondary school.

  • Mendel 2 years studying at the University of Olmutz.

  • Mendel joins the Augustinian order at the St. Thomas Monastery.

  • Mendel fails the oral portion of his teaching exam.

  • Mendel enrolls in the University of Vienna.

  • Mendel returns to the Abbey to teach physics.

  • Mendel starts his famous experiments (Plant Variability)

  • Mendel retakes oral portion of teaching exam, fails again.

  • Mendel test pea plants ( Law of Inheritance)

  • Mendel establishes Meteorological Society

  • Mendel presents finding on "Plant Hybridization"

  • Mendel replaces C.F. Napp as the abbot of the monastery.

  • Medel dies in Brno, Moravia from nephritis.