Gregor Mendel and his Pea Plants

Gregor Mendel is best remembered as the Catholic Monk who determined the basic laws of genetics using pea plants.

His real love in science was not genetics, nor even biology. He spent most of his time studying astronomy and meteorology and he founded the Austrian Meteorological Society in 1865. Most of the books he wrote were about Meteorology. (Study of weather)

In his later life, he did little scientific research because he became the Abbot of the monestary. Being in charge of the Monestary gave him little time.

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