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Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs 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.
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science · German geologist and mineralogist (1773–1839) · mineralogist · physicist · university teacher · crystallographer · mining engineer · mathematician · also Friedrich Mohs, Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs, Emanuel Friedrich Carl Christian Mohs, Mohs
Born 29 January 1773 · Died 29 September 1839 · Q30572
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Published “The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease” in Alzheimer's & Dementia — cited 13,496 times.
Published “Current Concepts in Mild Cognitive Impairment” in Archives of Neurology — cited 3,664 times.
Died 1839-09-29.
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Mohs became full professor of mineralogy at the University of Vienna
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Mohs was a professor in Vienna
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Awarded Civil Order of Saxony (1825).
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Awarded Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1822).
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Mohs was appointed successor of his former professor at the Freiberg Mining Academy, A
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Mohs was appointed professor at his alma mater in Freiberg
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Relocated to Graz where he was employed by Archduke Johann in his newly established museum and academy of science, which was divided subsequently into the Joanneum and the Graz University of Technology
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Mohs became a professor in Graz
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Mohs relocated in 1802 to Austria, where he was employed in trying to identify the minerals in a private collection of the banker J
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Born 1773-01-29.
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