In 1866 Mendel published his results of his experiments in Experiments on Plant Hybridization (German: Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden). In 1868, Mendel was elected abbot of the school where he had been teaching for the previous 14 years. His failing eye site kept him from any extensive scientific duties. He did travel a little during this time, he resulted in a public opposition to an 1874 taxation law that increased the tax on the monasteries to cover Church expenses.
Gregor Mendel died on January 6, 1884, at the age of 62. When he died his work was still very unknown. It was not until years later that Mendel's discovery got noticed, it came up when some scientist were conducting heredity experiments. His studies started to be referenced as "Mendel's Laws". A group of botanists independently duplicated Mendel's studies in 1900, to soon realize that the general theory had been published by Mendel....wow awkward for them. The theory was referred to as Mendelism, and was merged with Darwinism i the 1930s to form the "New Synthesis", which explained evolutionary theory in modern genetic terms. His hypothesis of hereditary particles turned out to be quite general and provided the elementary principle of heredity in all forms of life from viruses to man. From this viewpoint, his laws of heredity appeared to be only the subordinate principles of Mendel's main discovery, which furnished proof of the existence of genes as determining the whole character of each organism.
Even with Mendel's great findings and theories, unfortunately he did not get any awards for them. The reason being is that it took 16 years, after his death, for other scientist to even bring the thought of genetics up. So sadly since he was no longer alive, he couldn't be awarded any awards.
Gregor Mendel died on January 6, 1884, at the age of 62. When he died his work was still very unknown. It was not until years later that Mendel's discovery got noticed, it came up when some scientist were conducting heredity experiments. His studies started to be referenced as "Mendel's Laws". A group of botanists independently duplicated Mendel's studies in 1900, to soon realize that the general theory had been published by Mendel....wow awkward for them. The theory was referred to as Mendelism, and was merged with Darwinism i the 1930s to form the "New Synthesis", which explained evolutionary theory in modern genetic terms. His hypothesis of hereditary particles turned out to be quite general and provided the elementary principle of heredity in all forms of life from viruses to man. From this viewpoint, his laws of heredity appeared to be only the subordinate principles of Mendel's main discovery, which furnished proof of the existence of genes as determining the whole character of each organism.
Even with Mendel's great findings and theories, unfortunately he did not get any awards for them. The reason being is that it took 16 years, after his death, for other scientist to even bring the thought of genetics up. So sadly since he was no longer alive, he couldn't be awarded any awards.