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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Friedrich Pfaff has received more than 138,495 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Friedrich Pfaff is the 328th most popular mathematician (up from 477th in 2019), the 2,192nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,120th in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Johann Friedrich Pfaff ranks 328 out of 1,004. Before him are August Leopold Crelle, Shiing-Shen Chern, Stephen Smale, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Maurice René Fréchet, and Alain Connes. After him are Enrico Bombieri, René-Louis Baire, Guidobaldo del Monte, Sergei Sobolev, Guillaume Postel, and Pietro Cataldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1765, Johann Friedrich Pfaff ranks 18. Before him are Karl Ludwig Harding, José María Morelos, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Franz Xaver von Baader. After him are Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, Charles Hatchett, Nguyễn Du, Christiane Vulpius, and Joseph Leopold Eybler. Among people deceased in 1825, Johann Friedrich Pfaff ranks 17. Before him are Dmitry Bortniansky, Laskarina Bouboulina, Vivant Denon, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Mikhail Miloradovich, and Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein. After him are Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Vladimir Borovikovsky, Juan Martín Díez, Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Daniel D. Tompkins, and Utagawa Toyokuni.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Pfaff ranks 2,192 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Henry, Elector Palatine (1502), Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1368), Konrad von Thüringen (1206), Magdalene of Brandenburg (1582), Alexander Lippisch (1894), and Rahel Varnhagen (1771). After him are Bertha of Sulzbach (1110), Helmut Walcha (1907), Ludwig Uhland (1787), Anton Praetorius (1560), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1337), and Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1284).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Pfaff ranks 39. Before him are Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800), Michael Maestlin (1550), Wilhelm Ackermann (1896), Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), and August Leopold Crelle (1780). After him are Nicholas Mercator (1620), Julius Plücker (1801), Lothar Collatz (1910), Felix Bernstein (1878), Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), and Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829).

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