Mendel - Definition and Overview

• Mendel is the last name of Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), often called the "father of Genetics."
• Mendel's is the first word of Gregor Mendel's Mendel's law of segregation or Mendel's Laws or Mendelian inheritance.
• Mendel is the first name of Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in the Czech Republic, named for Gregor Mendel.
• Mendel is the Jewish middle name of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789 - 1866), the third rebbe of Lubavitch Hasidism.
• Mendel is the also the Jewish middle name of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902 - 1994), the seventh and last rebbe of Lubavitch Hasidism.
• Mendel was the Jewish middle name of Menahem Mendel Beilis (1874-1934) who was wrongly accused in the Beilis trial.
• Mendel is the last name of musician Nate Mendel.
• Mendel was the middle name of L. Mendel Rivers (1905-1970) a U.S. Congressman.
• Mendel is part of the name of a submarine the USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN-686) named for L.Mendel Rivers.
• Mendele was the first name of Mendele Mocher Sforim the pen name of Sholem Yakov Abramovich (1835-1917), a famous Yiddish writer.