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Mohs, Friedrich
© Copyright Friedrich Mohs, lithograph by J. Kriehuber Mohs, Friedrich, b. Gernrode (Germany), Jan. 29, 1773, d. Agordo near Belluno (Italy), Sept. 29, 1839 mineralogist and mining expert. Founder of scientific mineralogy and geognostical land survey in Austria; from 1802 professor in Vienna, from 1811 director of the Joanneum and initiator of systematic geo-scientific studies of the province of Styria; 1818 taught at Freiberg (Saxony), 1826 taught in Vienna, 1835 head of the Mining and Metallurgy Museum in Vienna. Introduced a mineral system based on merely external features and the "Mohs scale of hardness"; extensive mineralogical-geological research work in Austria. Works: Versuch einer Elementar-Methode zur naturhistorischen Bestimmung und Erkennung von Fossilien, 1812; Grundriß der Mineralogie, 2 parts, 1822/1824; Leichtfaßliche Anfangsgründe der Naturgeschichte des Mineralreiches, 1832. Literature: ÖBL; NDB.
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