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| | Johann Gregor Mendel: The Father of Genetics - Stanton Wormley |
 | | He was born Johann Mendel on July 22, 1822, in the small farming town of Hyncice in northern Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. |
 | | He was the second of three children and the only son born to Anton Mendel, a peasant farmer and amateur horticulturist, and his wife, Rosine. |
 | | Young Johann's intellectual ability became quite evident very early in his education, first at the elementary school in Hyncice, then the middle school in Leipnik and the Imperial Royal Gymnasium in Troppau, and, from 1840 through 1843, at the Philosophical Institute at Olmutz. |
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