Hugo de Vries
1848 – 1935 · aged 87
Dutch botanist (1848-1935)
- Born
- 16 Feb 1848 · Haarlem
- Died
- 21 May 1935 · Lunteren
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- 16 Feb 1848BornBorn in Haarlem
- 1905AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1906AwardDarwin Medal
- 1910AwardSwammerdam Medal
- 1929AwardLinnean Medal
- 21 May 1935DiedDied in Lunteren
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Major world events during their lifetime (1848 – 1935).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
Biography
Hugo Marie de Vries (Dutch: [ˈɦyɣoː də ˈvris]; 16 February 1848 – 21 May 1935) was a Dutch botanist and one of the first geneticists. He is known chiefly for suggesting the concept of genes, rediscovering the laws of heredity in the 1890s while apparently unaware of Gregor Mendel's work, for introducing the term "mutation", and for developing a mutation theory of evolution.
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