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Mohr is a German language
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German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
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- Alexander MohrAlexander MohrAlexander Mohr was a German Expressionist artist.-Life and work:Alexander Mohr was born in Trier, Germany, to affluent parents who hailed from an aristocratic background. Mohr commenced his formal artistic instruction in 1905 in Koblenz, Germany under the tutelage of German expressionist William...
(1892–1974), a German Expressionist artist - Bill MohrBill MohrWilbur T "Bill" Mohr was an Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
(1909–1971), an Australian rules footballer - Charles Mohr (1824–1901), a German-American pharmacist and botanist
- Christopher Garrett Mohr (born 1966), an American football player
- Christian Otto Mohr (1835–1918), a German civil engineer
- Mohr's circle, a two-dimensional graphical representation of the state of stress at a point
- Mohr-Coulomb theoryMohr-Coulomb theoryMohr–Coulomb theory is a mathematical model describing the response of brittle materials such as concrete, or rubble piles, to shear stress as well as normal stress. Most of the classical engineering materials somehow follow this rule in at least a portion of their shear failure envelope...
, a mathematical model describing the response of brittle materials - Daniel Matthias Heinrich Mohr (1780–1808), German biologist
- Ernst MohrErnst MohrErnst Mohr was a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wuppertal. He developed the meteorological Mohr Rocket, on behalf of the German Rocket Society...
(1910–1989), a German mechanical engineer - Mohr RocketMohr RocketThe Mohr Rocket was a sounding rocket developed by Ernst Mohr in Wuppertal, Germany.It was a single stage solid fuel rocket with:*a length of 1.7 metres,*a total mass of 150 kg ,*a lift-off thrust of 76.5 kN and a diameter of 0.3 m....
, a sounding rocket - Georg MohrGeorg MohrJørgen Mohr was a Danish mathematician. He travelled in the Netherlands, France, and England.Mohr was born in Copenhagen...
(1640–1697), a Danish mathematician - Mohr–Mascheroni theoremMohr–Mascheroni theoremIn mathematics, the Mohr–Mascheroni theorem states that any geometric construction that can be performed by a compass and straightedge can be performed by a compass alone. The result was originally published by Georg Mohr in 1672, but his proof languished in obscurity until 1928. The theorem was...
, used in mathematics and geometry - Gerald MohrGerald MohrGerald Mohr was an American radio, film and television character actor who appeared in over 4,000 radio plays, 73 films and over 100 television shows....
(1914–1968), an American actor - Hal MohrHal MohrHal Mohr, A.S.C. was a famed movie cinematographer.-Career:In 1915, in an early example of an exploitation film peddled directly to theater owners, Mohr and Sol Lesser produced and directed a film The Last Night of the Barbary Coast...
(1894–1974), an American cinematographer - Heidi MohrHeidi MohrHeidi Mohr is a former German footballer. As a footballer she was renowned for her speed and her ability to shoot with both feet. In 1999 she was voted Europe's Footballer of the Century.-Club career:...
(born 1967), a German football (soccer) player - Jay MohrJay MohrJay Mohr is an American actor and stand up comedian. He is known for his role as Professor Rick Payne in the TV series Ghost Whisperer, the title role in the CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried, which ran from 2008 to 2010, and the back-stabbing sports agent Bob Sugar in Jerry Maguire.-Early life:Mohr was...
(born 1970), an American actor and comedian - Johan Maurits MohrJohan Maurits Mohrthumbnail|right|Mohr observatory in [[Jakarta|Batavia]] .Johan Maurits Mohr was a Dutch-German pastor who studied at Groningen University from 1733 and settled in Batavia in 1737...
(1716–1775), a Dutch-German astronomer - John P. MohrJohn P. MohrJohn P. Mohr was an administrator with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.As Assistant to the Director for Administrative Affairs, he was one of the officials chiefly responsible for the proper implementation of procurement requirements and procedures.He retired on 30 June 1972 as the FBI's No...
(1910–1997), a United States FBI administrator - Josef MohrJosef MohrJoseph Mohr, sometimes spelt Josef was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and composer, who wrote the words to the Christmas carol "Silent Night".-Biography:...
(1792–1848), an Austrian priest and composer - Karl Friedrich MohrKarl Friedrich MohrKarl Friedrich Mohr was a German chemist famous for his early statement of the principle of the conservation of energy. Ammonium iron sulfate, 2Fe2.6H2O, is named Mohr's salt after him.-Life:...
(1806–1879), a German pharmacist - Mohr's saltMohr's saltAmmonium iron sulfate, or Mohr's Salt, is the inorganic compound with the formula 2Fe2·6H2O. Containing two different cations, Fe2+ and NH4+, it is classified as a double salt of ferrous sulfate and ammonium sulfate. It is a common laboratory reagent...
, a double salt of iron sulfate and ammonium sulfate - Manfred MohrManfred MohrManfred Mohr is a digital art pioneer. He has lived and worked in New York since 1981.-Life & career:...
(born 1938), a German digital art pioneer - Philipp MohrPhilipp MohrPhilipp Mohr is an architect and industrial designerIn collaboration with other designers he created several acclaimed industrial design and art objects. In 2000 Mohr designed the , a computer-generated and machine-milled piece of jewelry. In 2004, he collaborated with Tobi Wong on a series of...
(born 1972), a German architect and industrial designer - Robert MohrRobert MohrRobert Mohr is a German international rugby union player, playing professionally in France for the newly promoted Top 14 club La Rochelle and for the German national rugby union team...
(born 1978), a German rugby union player