About Matthias Joseph Anker
Lived 1771 – 1843 (aged 71). Matthias Joseph Anker was a geologist, mineralogist and physician.
Matthias Joseph Anker (6 May 1771 – 3 April 1843) was an Austrian mineralogist and geologist born in Graz. Some sources place his birthdate as 1 May 1772.
He received his education in Vienna, afterwards working as a surgeon in the town of Stainz. In 1807, he was called to Graz as a district surgeon, from where he intensified his scientific studies in mineralogy. In 1839, he resigned from his teaching position, but stayed on as director of collections.
In 1828/29, he supervised the creation of a catalog involving the mineral cabinet at the Johanneum, where in 1833 he reorganized the collection according to the Mohs system.
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Austrian doctor and mineralogist
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Matthias Joseph Anker was born on 6 May 1771 in Graz.
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Matthias Joseph Anker died on 3 April 1843 in Graz.
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Matthias Joseph Anker was a geologist, mineralogist and physician.
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