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Johann Friedrich Pfaff

1765 - 1825

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Johann Friedrich Pfaff (sometimes spelled Friederich; 22 December 1765 – 21 April 1825) was a German mathematician. He was described as one of Germany's most eminent mathematicians during the 19th century. He was a precursor of the German school of mathematical thinking, under which Carl Friedrich Gauss and his followers largely determined the lines on which mathematics developed during the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Friedrich Pfaff is the 459th most popular mathematician (down from 328th in 2019), the 2,841st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,192nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Johann Friedrich Pfaff ranks 459 out of 1,004. Before him are Yutaka Taniyama, Sam Loyd, William Jones, Enrico Betti, Mary Cartwright, and Vladimir Smirnov. After him are Adriaan van Roomen, Klaus Roth, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Luigi Cremona, Nikolai Luzin, and Campanus of Novara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1765, Johann Friedrich Pfaff ranks 21. Before him are José María Morelos, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Christiane Vulpius, Charles Hatchett, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, and Claire Lacombe. After him are Joseph Leopold Eybler, Franz Xaver von Baader, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, Nguyễn Du, Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, and Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger. Among people deceased in 1825, Johann Friedrich Pfaff ranks 19. Before him are Laskarina Bouboulina, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Vivant Denon, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Mikhail Miloradovich, and Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After him are Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Karl Mollweide, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Vladimir Borovikovsky, Jan Václav Voříšek, and Pierre Charles L'Enfant.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Pfaff ranks 2,842 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (1856), Sibel Kekilli (1980), Emanuel Leutze (1816), Moritz Cantor (1829), Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871), and Horst Eckel (1932). After him are Aenne Burda (1909), Toni Turek (1919), Oscar Hertwig (1849), Otto Warburg (1859), Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644), and Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (1724).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Pfaff ranks 53. Before him are Johann Benedict Listing (1808), Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829), Gerhard Gentzen (1909), Johannes Werner (1468), and Gerd Faltings (1954). After him are Abraham Fraenkel (1891), August Leopold Crelle (1780), Hermann Hankel (1839), Karl Mollweide (1774), Otto Hölder (1859), and Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927).

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