Erich von Tschermak

Erich von Tschermak
Erich Tschermak-Seysenegg
Born	15 November 1871
Died	11 October 1962
Nationality	Austria
Fields	Agronomy
Doctoral advisor	Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli

Erich Tschermak, Edler von Seysenegg (15 November 1871 – 11 October 1962) was an Austrian agronomist who developed several new disease-resistant crops, including wheat-rye and oat hybrids. He was a son of the Moravia-born mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg. His maternal grandfather was the famous botanist, Eduard Fenzl, who taught Gregor Mendel botany during his student days in Vienna.

He received his doctorate from the University of Halle, Germany, in 1896. Tschermak accepted a teaching position at the University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna in 1901, and became professor there five years later, in 1906. 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.

Decorations and awards

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

• Honorary doctorate from the University of Vienna (1950)
• Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna (1951)
• Austrian Decoration for Science and Art

References

• Monaghan, F V; Corcos A F (1987). "Tschermak: a non-discoverer of mendelism. II. A critique". J. Hered. (UNITED STATES) 78 (3): 208–10. ISSN 0022-1503. PMID 3302014. 
• Monaghan, F; Corcos A (1986). "Tschermak: a non-discoverer of Mendelism. I. An historical note". J. Hered. (UNITED STATES) 77 (6): 468–9. ISSN 0022-1503. PMID 3549880. 
• SCHUBERT, G (December 1952). "In memoriam Prof. Armin Tschermak-Seysenegg". Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. (Not Available) 64 (50): 966. ISSN 0043-5325. PMID 13049817. 

External links

• Article relating the work of Gregor Mendel