Gregor Mendel was born July 20 1822 in Heinzendorf bei Oderau, Austrian Empire. he died january 6, 1884 at age 61. Gregor Mendel was an Austrian scientist in Augustinian friar, he was called "father of modern genetics". He studied inheritance of traits in pea plants. After completing his work with peas, Mendel turned to experimenting with honeybees to extend his work to animals. He produced a hybrid strain (so vicious they were destroyed, but failed to generate a clear picture of their heredity because of the difficulties in controlling mating behaviours of queen bees.