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Jan Prüffer

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Polish entomologist
Jan Prüffer
Born(1890-03-05)March 5, 1890
DiedDecember 30, 1959(1959-12-30) (aged 69)
Toruń
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, taxonomy, entomology
InstitutionsNicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

Jan Prüffer (1890– 1969) was a Polish biologist, a taxonomic authority in entomology.

During the German occupation of Poland he gave lectures at the underground educational facilities.

Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (1947–1947)

Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

In 1925 he married Maria Znamierowska-Prüfferowa, who became professor of ethnography. They had no children.

A street in Toruń has the name of Jan and Maria Prüffers.

References

  1. ^ Jan Prüffer, Polish Internet Biographical Dictionary
  2. Sławomir Kalembka (ed.), "Pracownicy nauki i dydaktyki Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika 1945-2004. Materiały do biografii", Toruń, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, 2006, p. 561. ISBN 83-231-1988-0.
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