Carl Nägeli
Swiss botanist
Died when: 74 years 45 days (889 months)Star Sign: Aries
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Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli (26 or 27 March 1817 – 10 May 1891) was a Swiss botanist.He studied cell division and pollination but became known as the man who discouraged Gregor Mendel from further work on genetics.
He rejected natural selection as a mechanism of evolution, favouring orthogenesis driven by a supposed "inner perfecting principle".
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