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Friedrich Mohs

1773 - 1839

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship:  Kingdom of Prussia
languages spoken, written or signed:  French
educated at:  Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, University of Halle-Wittenberg
occupation:  mineralogist, physicist, university teacher, crystallographer
award received:  Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs (German: [moːs]; 29 January 1773 – 29 September 1839) was a German chemist and mineralogist. He was the creator of the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. Mohs also introduced a classification of the crystal forms in crystal systems independently of Christian Samuel Weiss. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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