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Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel, c. 1865.
During his two years at the University of Vienna, Gregor Mendel focused on the following subjects:
- Physics and Mathematics: He studied these disciplines under the guidance of the Austrian physicist Christian Doppler and the mathematical physicist Andreas von Ettinghausen.1
- Botany: He studied the anatomy and physiology of plants, as well as the use of the microscope, under the botanist Franz Unger.1