Hugo de Vries
Dutch botanist
Hugo Marie de Vries 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... Wikipedia
Born: February 16, 1848, Haarlem, Netherlands
Died: May 21, 1935 (age 87 years), Lunteren, Netherlands
Parents: Maria Everardina de Vries-Reuvens
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