Carl Nägeli

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".

For the 19th-century composer, see Hans Georg Nägeli.

Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli
Born26 or (1817-03-27)27 March 1817
Kilchberg
Died10 May 1891(1891-05-10) (aged 74)
Munich
NationalitySwiss
Known forresearch on plant anatomy
Scientific career
FieldsBotanist
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