Gregor Mendel

             Gregory Mendel was born in Heinzeindorf Austria in 1822. Mendel parents were very poor, t hats why he worked as a gardener. But he didn't let that affect him. Mendel was an excellent student at Olmutz Philosophical Institute. Mendel was so good in school he went on to become a teacher. Back then during those times most teachers were priests. Therefore, in 1843 at only the age of 21 Mendel went an entered the monastery of
             St. Thomas an scientific as well as an a religious center in Brno, Austria.
             Four years later in 1847 he was pronounced a priests. While there he excelled again, and he was exposed to many scholars. In 1851, the monastery sent him to study at the University of Vienna to train to be a teacher in Mathematics and Biology. While there Gregory failed the elementary teachers exam. Mendel returned to Brno in 1845. Later on 1845 he became at teacher at a technical high school, where he taught mathematics, natural science and general science. He taught there for the next 14 years. Most of Mendel's fame came from his research in the monastery garden during those years.
             Mendel is not known for days of teaching. Mendel is known for his experiments and discoveries. While at the University of Vienna Mendel was inspired by his professors at the University and by his colleagues to study the difference in plants. Mendel attraction to research was based on his love of nature. Mendel was not only interested in plants but also in metrology and theories of evolution. He commenced his study in his monastery's experimental garden. In the garden he grew strains pf pea plants and experimented with different crosses.
             During the middle of Mendel's life, Mendel did new work into the theories of heredity. By using pea pod plants, Mendel studied seven basic characteristics of the pea pod plants. By tracing these characteristics, Mendel discovered three basic laws, which governed the passage of a trait from one member of a...

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