Matthias Joseph Anker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Matthias Joseph Anker

Austrian mineralogist

Date of Birth: 06-May-1771

Place of Birth: Graz, Styria, Austria

Date of Death: 03-Apr-1843

Profession: geologist, mineralogist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Matthias Joseph Anker (May 6, 1771 – April 3, 1843) was an Austrian mineralogist and geologist born in Graz.
Some sources place his birth date as May 1, 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.
Four years later, he joined the staff of mineralogist Friedrich Mohs at the Johanneum in Graz, where he eventually became a professor of mineralogy as well as curator of the mineral cabinet.
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.
Also, he is credited for providing the first geological map of Styria (1835).In 1825, Wilhelm von Haidinger (1795–1871) named the mineral ankerite in his honor.



Alternative names	Joseph Kriehuber
Description	Austrian painter and lithographer
Date of birth/death	14 December 1800	30 May 1876
Location of birth/death	Vienna	Vienna
Work location	Austria
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Alternative names	Joseph Eduard Teltscher; jos. teltscher; joseph teltscher; j. c. teltscher; josef teltscher; josef e. teltscher; teltscher
Description	Austrian engraver
Date of birth/death	15 January 1801	7 July 1837
Location of birth/death	Brünn	Piräus
Work location	Austria
Authority control	: Q873357 VIAF: 39641538 ISNI: 0000 0000 6657 7305 ULAN: 500067660 LCCN: n97863634 GND: 1074258703 WorldCat