| Jan Prüffer | |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1890 |
| Death Place: | Toruń |
| Fields: | Biology, taxonomy, entomology |
| Workplaces: | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń |
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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.