Life of Mendel

Hugo Iltis

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780429680601
• Subtopic: 19th Century History
• Index: History

First published in 1932. The widespread influence of Gregor Johann Mendel's work and his own remarkable destiny combine to arouse interest in the personality and the life of this investigator who, little known in his lifetime, was one of the pioneers of science. This comprehensive biography of the life and work of Mendel will be of great interest to historians and scientists.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Preface
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Plates
• Chapter One Home and Ancestry
• Chapter Two Youth
• Chapter Three The Königinkloster and the Augustinian Monastery
• Chapter Four From Novice to High-School Teacher
• Chapter Five Ploughed in an Examination
• Chapter Six At the University of Vienna
• Chapter Seven Teacher at Brünn Modern School
• Chapter Eight The Research Period (1856–1871)
• Chapter Nine Forerunners
• Chapter Ten Crossings of the Pea
• Chapter Eleven Experiments with other Plants
• Chapter Twelve Crossings of Hieracium
• Chapter Thirteen The Monograph and its Reception
• Chapter Fourteen Mendel and Nägeli
• Chapter Fifteen Mendel as Gardener and Beekeeper
• Chapter Sixteen Meteorological Studies
• Chapter Seventeen Prelate and Dignitary
• Chapter Eighteen The “Struggle for the Right”
• Chapter Nineteen Declining Years
• Chapter Twenty Prelude to the Rediscovery of Mendel’s Work
• Chapter Twenty-One Resurrection
• Index