Erich von Tschermak
Erich Tschermak-Seysenegg
Born	November 15, 1871
Died	October 11, 1962
Nationality	Austria
Fields	agronomy
Doctoral advisor	Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli
Doctoral students	Gregor Mendel

Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg (November 15, 1871 – October 11, 1962) was an Austrian agronomist.

von Tschermak is one of three men - see also Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns - who independently rediscovered Gregor Mendel's work on genetics. von Tschermak published his findings in June, 1900.

By a quirk of history Correns was a student of Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, a renowned botanist with whom Mendel corresponded about his work with peas but who failed to understand how significant Gregor Mendel's work was. Tschermak was a grandson of a man who taught Mendel botany during his student days in Vienna.

References

• Monaghan, F V; Corcos A F. "Tschermak: a non-discoverer of mendelism. II. A critique". J. Hered. 78 (3): 208-10. ISSN 0022-1503. PMID 3302014. 
• Monaghan, F; Corcos A. "Tschermak: a non-discoverer of Mendelism. I. An historical note". J. Hered. 77 (6): 468-9. ISSN 0022-1503. PMID 3549880. 
• SCHUBERT, G (Dec. 1952). "In memoriam Prof. Armin Tschermak-Seysenegg". Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. 64 (50): 966. ISSN 0043-5325. PMID 13049817. 

External links

• Article relating the work of Gregor Mendel

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