Matthias Joseph Anker
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Matthias Joseph Anker was an Austrian geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...

 who was a native of Graz
Graz
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. Some sources place his birth date as May 1, 1772. He originally worked as a surgeon
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...

 in Graz, but later in his career became a professor and curator of mineralogy
Mineralogy
Mineralogy is the study of chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals. Specific studies within mineralogy include the processes of mineral origin and formation, classification of minerals, their geographical distribution, as well as their utilization.-History:Early writing...

 at the Johanneum in Graz.

Matthias Anker is credited for creation of the first geological map of Styria, and among his written works are two treatises on Styrian mineralogy, titled:
  • Kurze Darstellung einer Mineralogie von Steiermark (Outline of mineralogy of Styria), 1809
  • Darstellung der mineralogisch-geognostischen Gebirgsverhältnisse der Steiermark (Presentation of the mineralogical-geognostic mountain conditions of Styria), 1835


In 1825 Wilhelm von Haidinger (1795–1871) named the mineral ankerite
Ankerite
Ankerite is a calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese carbonate mineral of the group of rhombohedral carbonates with formula: Ca2. In composition it is closely related to dolomite, but differs from this in having magnesium replaced by varying amounts of iron and manganese.The crystallographic and...

in honor of Matthias Anker.
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