ABSTRACT
Meteorology was the science to which Gregor Johann Mendel remained most inviolably faithful, even to the very end of his life. His election as prelate of the monastery of St. Thomas brought with it cares and duties which cut him off from his other scientific activities. Mendel had underestimated the obligations that would be entailed upon him by the new dignity. In those days the position of a mitred prelate was in any case an outstanding one. But Mendel, being elected as successor to Napp, had to take over the heritage of that remarkable personality, of a man who had played a leading role in the cultural and political life of the town, nay of the whole country. Mendel was greatly attached to his original home, although, because of his professional duties, he was rarely able to visit it. For this reason he relied upon his nephews to give him all possible details when they returned to Brunn after holidays.
