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This article is about the Austrian botanist. For his brother, the Austrian physiologist, see Armin von Tschermak-Seysenegg. For his father, the Austrian-Moravian mineralogist, see Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg.
Erich von Tschermak
Erich Tschermak-Seysenegg
Born15 November 1871
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died11 October 1962 (aged 90)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityAustrian
EducationUniversity of Halle
Known forDeveloping disease-resistant crops
FatherGustav Tschermak von Seysenegg
RelativesEduard Fenzl, grandfather, Armin von Tschermak-Seysenegg, brother
AwardsHonorary doctorate from the University of Vienna, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Scientific career
FieldsAgronomy
InstitutionsUniversity of Agricultural Sciences Vienna
Doctoral advisorCarl 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 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 1900. Von Tschermak is one of four men—see also Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns and William Jasper Spillman—who independently rediscovered Gregor Mendel's work on genetics. Von Tschermak published his findings in June, 1900. His works in genetics were largely influenced by his brother Armin von Tschermak-Seysenegg.

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References

  1. Riedl-Dorn, Christa (2016), "Tschermak von Seysenegg, Erich", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 26, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 475–476; (full text online)
  2. Simunek, M.; Hoßfeld, U.; Wissemann, V. (2011). "'Rediscovery' revised - the cooperation of Erich and Armin von Tschermak-Seysenegg in the context of the 'rediscovery' of Mendel's laws in 1899-19011". Plant Biology. 13 (6): 835–841. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00491.x. PMID 21972912.

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