Mendel

Gregor Mendel (1822–84) is known as the "father of modern genetics"

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Menachem Mendel

Menachem Mendel is a masculine Jewish first name. The name is sometimes used as either just Menachem or just Mendel. Menachem means to console or comfort, Mendel is a diminutive of Menachem. In 2005, Menachem was the 79th most popular name for boys, and the 38th most popular for white boys, born in New York City, and 971st most popular name for boys born in the USA.

Notable people with this name include:

Mendel (Hungarian family)

The Jewish Hungarian family of Mendel is the name of a prominent Hungarian family which flourished in the latter half of the 15th century and in the first half of the sixteenth in Ofen (Buda). Members of three generations of it are known; namely, Jacob, Israel, and Isaac Mendel, who held the office of "Princeps Judæorum", "Supremus Judæorum," or "Præfectus Judæorum" between 1482 and 1539. This office, which seems to have existed only during that period, was created by King Matthias Corvinus in order to give the Jews an accredited representative at court, who at the same time should be responsible for the payment of their taxes. The "Præfectus Judæorum" was empowered to impose fines and other penalties on the Jews. As an official of the crown he was exempted from wearing the Jews' hat.

Bibliography

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gotthard Deutsch, Ludwig Venetianer (1901–1906). "Mendel". Jewish Encyclopedia.