Johann Wilhelm Andreas Pfaff (5 December 1774 – 26 June 1835), was professor of pure and

applied mathematics Applied mathematics is the application of mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business, computer science, and industry. Thus, applied mathematics is a combination of mathematical s ...

successively at

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, Nuremberg, Würzburg and

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative d ...

. He was a brother of

Johann Friedrich Pfaff 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 ...

, a mathematician; and of Christian Heinrich Pfaff, a physician and physicist.

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* 1774 births 1835 deaths 19th-century German mathematicians {{Germany-mathematician-stub