Thomas Andrew Knight (1759 - 1838)
Knight, like
Gregor Mendel, observed mixed ratios in the offspring of
crosses between peas with different phenotypes, but unlike
Mendel did not count the numerical results. Knight was
well-known as a horticulturist, and is cited extensively in
Darwin's "Variation in Plants and Animals" for
his work on animal and plant and hybrids, but not on peas.
Knight's work is discussed by Conrad
Zirkle as one of Mendel's intellectual
predecessors.
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