The correct answer here is A.
John Jacob Astor was born in 1763 to father who was a butcher so he was not very wealthy. He amassed his fortune by trading fur through that business he became one of the most wealthy people in the United States. Astor traded sandalwood, teas and of course fur with China which turned out very profitable for him.
The correct answer here would be C.
Gregor Mendel was an Austrian priest, mathematician and most importantly a botanist. He is considered to be the father of classical genetics. He was among the first people to find about the dominant and recessive traits that are passed randomly from the parents to the offspring.