Life of Gregor Mendel

• Mendel's birthday is on July 20, which is also the 200th birthday anniversary.
• Mendel was the first person to use quantitative analysis in predicting the traits of a human being.
• Mendel was born on July 20, 1822, in a former Austrian town, where he helped his father graft fruit trees in his own garden.
• Mendel attended a grammar school as a child, but could not complete his university studies due to financial difficulties.
• Mendel entered an Augustinian monastery in Bruno, allowing him to further his studies into theology, economy, cultivation, and viticulture.
• Mendel attempted to secure a teaching certificate for natural history and physics.
• Following his failures, Mendel started focusing on his research projects and experiments, which eventually led to his experiment in the heredity of garden peas.
• Mendel's experiment in the heredity of garden peas was largely ignored by the scientific community.
• Mendel was elected abbot of the monastery of St. Thomas, but died on January 6, 1884.
• Mendel's work was rediscovered in 1900 and he was named the father of genetics.