Did Charles Darwin know about the work of G. Mendel?

When Charles Darwin published his Origin of Species in 1859, it sparked a huge controversy. ... As we all know today, unknown to Darwin, in his monastery garden the Moravian monk Gregor Mendel was working away developing just the mechanism of heredity that was needed by the theory of the Origin. read more

But maybe Darwin would have rejected Mendel for the same reason everyone who read Mendel’s studies rejected him. read more

An imaginary conversation between two great thinkers, Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel. While the monk, Mendel, had read Darwin’s publications - Mendel's work only came to be known later. We can only imagine what the two might have talked about. read more

Darwin had a further chance to read about Mendel's work in 1881. A student of his, George Romanes, was preparing an article for the Encyclopedia Britannica on plant hybridization. He enlisted Darwin's help to suggest names of eminent botanists who should be included. read more