New Short Film: The Life of Gregor Mendel

On the anniversary week of my 200th birthday, the Gregor Mendel Institute presents a new animated short film about the life of its namesake website, me! 

Did you know that:

  • I grew up with two sisters, one of whom helped me to attend school?
  • I experimented with ways of increasing the monastary’s food supply?
  • I was honored by the Emperor?
 
Watch my film and find out!

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