Gregor Mendel was an Austrian monk who in his spare time conducted many different types of scientific experiments by breeding pea plants. And unlike the breeders that came before him gregor Mendel actually quantified his results. So what that means is he not only wrote down his results but he also made many mathematical calculations. And it's that mathematical analysis that allowed him to correctly predict the many different types of phenomenon that we know of today. In fact, it's the work of Gregor Mendel that paved the way to modern day genetics. And that's precisely why we consider Gregor Mendel to be the father or the founder of modern day genetics.