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Hugo De Vries
Dutch botanist and geneticist.Hugo de vries biography of martinDiscovered the existence of heritable mutations Date of Birth: Country: Netherlands |
Content:
- Hugo de Vries: A Dutch Botanist and Geneticist
- Early Interest in Botany
- Research and Contributions
- Later Years and Legacy
Hugo de Vries: A Dutch Botanist and Geneticist
Hugo Marie de Vries, also known as Hugo de Vries, was born in in Haarlem, Holland.
He was the eldest son of Gerrit de Vries, a lawyer and politician who served as the Dutch Prime Minister from to His mother, Maria Everardina Reuvens, was the daughter of a professor of archaeology at Leiden University.
Early Interest in Botany
From a young age, Hugo showed a great interest in botany.
He won several prizes for his herbarium collections while attending grammar schools in both Haarlem and The Hague, where his family later moved. He continued to study botany at Leiden University, with a focus on experimental botany as described in Julius Sachs' textbook "Le