Mendel Biography
Mendel BiographyIn 1802 a farmer called Anton Mendel lived in mid-Czechoslovakia, in a small village called Hyncice.
After being in the war, Anton built a house and farmed his forty acres of land: ploughing, cultivating and trying to improve his stock of farm animals. Anton was interested in fruit growing. There he would experiment with new varieties of fruit and exchange grafts and advice with the priest in nearby Vrazne.
In 1818, Anton married Rosine, the daughter of a gardner in the village. In July 1822 Johann was born the second child and only son. When Johann attended school the schoolmaster realized Johann was smarter than the other boys. The schoolmaster persuaded Anton and Rosine to send him to a larger school. When Johann was eleven, he went to the Piarist College in Lipnik. But after a year in Lipnik, he was recommended for the Imperial Royal Gymnasium, a high school, in Opava. Johann was always graded first in his class and he qualified for the “humanities” classes of the upper school. But, by this time, Anton was unable to pay for his son’s education. So at age sixteen Johann became a private tutor to pay for his tuition. With all the work he had been doing and without enough food Johann became very ill. In 1839 he went back home to work in the fields. In 1840, he graduated high school with a certificate of excellence. After high school Johann wanted to study philosophy at the University Philosophical Institute of Olomouc but did not make it.
In 1841, Anton had to give up his farm. Anton gave Johann a small sum of money and Theresia some land. Theresia gave her share of property to Johann. So with his money and private tutoring, Johann was finally able to study philosophy at Olomouc. After studying philosophy for two years, Johann was exhausted and decided to enter into priesthood. On July
14th, 1843, the Professor of Physics at Olomouc University, Friedrich Franz, wrote to a colleague at Brno, recommended Johann. So on October 9, 1843, Johann was admitted into the Augustinian monastery of Saint Thomas in Brno and took the name of Gregor.
The monastery of Saint Thomas was founded in 1359. It sat at the edge of the city of Brunn, surrounded by small houses. The building had one floor with an attic. At the end of the building was a small clock tower above the library. Below was a small garden. Gregor would do his experiments here. Mendel described himself studying these plants as: ” His special liking for this field of natural science deepened the more he had the opportunity to become familiar with it”....
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