Born on September 19

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Portrait of Carl Correns

Carl Correns

1864 — 1933

Sciences

A German botanist and geneticist, he was one of three researchers who, in 1900, rediscovered Gregor Mendel's laws of heredity, which had been forgotten since 1865. His work on plants helped to found modern genetics.

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