What is Erich von Tschermak?
'''Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg''' (15 November 1871 – October 11 1962) was an [[Austria]]n [[botanist]]. Von Tschermak is one of three men – the others were [[Hugo de Vries]] and [[Carl Correns]] – who were credited with independently rediscovering [[Gregor Mendel]]'s work on [[genetics]]. Von Tschermak published his findings in June 1900. By a quirk of history, Correns had been a student of [[Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli]]. Nageli was a renowned botanist with whom Mendel corresponded about his work with peas, but who failed to understand how significant Mendel's work was. Von Tschermak was a grandson of a man who taught Mendel botany during his student days in Vienna. == Reassessment == Though von Tschermak was originally also credited with the rediscovery, this is no longer generally accepted, because he did not understand Mendel's laws.<ref>{{cite book| author=Mayr E. |authorlink=Ernst Mayr |year=1982 |title=The growth of biological thought |location=Cambridge |publisher=The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |isbn=0-674-36446-5 |pages=730}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/history/lecture33/r_33-1.html Article relating the work of Gregor Mendel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060118193812/http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/history/lecture33/r_33-1.html |date=2006-01-18 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tschermak-Seysenegg, Erich von}} [[Category:1871 births]] [[Category:1962 deaths]] [[Category:Austrian botanists]]