| Erich von Tschermak | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 November 1871 |
| Died | 11 October 1962 |
| Nationality | Austria |
| Fields | Agronomy |
| Doctoral advisor | Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli |
Erich von Tschermak-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 famous 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 in Vienna at the University of Agricultural Sciences in 1901, and became professor there five years later, in 1906. Von Tschermak is one of three men—see also Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns—who independently rediscovered Gregor Mendel's work on genetics. Von Tschermak published his findings in June, 1900.