Gregor mendel biography summary rubric
Mendel couldn't afford to pay for his studies, so his sister, Theresia, gave him her dowry. Mendel later helped support her three sons, two of whom became doctors. Born Johann Mendel, he was given the name Gregor when he entered the Augustinian St Thomas's Abbey in Brünn (now Brno, Czech Republic) and began his training as a priest.