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Jan Prüffer

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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.[1][2]

During the German occupation of Poland he gave lectures at the underground educational facilities.[1]

Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (1947–1947)[1]

Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[1]

In 1925 he married Maria Znamierowska-Prüfferowa, who became professor of ethnography. They had no children.[1]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e 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.