Friedrich Mohs

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Friedrich Mohs
Friedrich Mohs, 1832
Born	(1773-01-29)29 January 1773 Gernrode, Anhalt-Bernburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died	29 September 1839(1839-09-29) (aged 66) Agordo, Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire
Alma mater	University of Halle
Known for	Mohs scale of mineral hardness
Scientific career
Fields	Geology, mineralogy

Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs (/moʊz/ MOHZ, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈmoːs]; 29 January 1773 – 29 September 1839) was a German chemist and mineralogist. He was the creator of the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.^[1] Mohs also introduced a classification of the crystal forms in crystal systems independently of Christian Samuel Weiss.^[2]