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Carl Nägeli

Swiss botanist (1817–1891)

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Lived 1817–1891, aged 74Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwitzerlandScientistsScientist
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    31 languages
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  • Era
    1817–1891
    Aged 74
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-24

Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli 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, though the term was only coined in 1893, two years after his death, driven by a supposed "inner perfecting principle".

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