Background
Pfeiffer, Wolfgang was born on October 11, 1935 in Munich, Germany. Son of Johann Gualbert and Johanna Magdalena (Schlimbach) Pfeiffer.
Pfeiffer, Wolfgang was born on October 11, 1935 in Munich, Germany. Son of Johann Gualbert and Johanna Magdalena (Schlimbach) Pfeiffer.
Doctor rerum naturalium, University Munich, 1960. Habilitation, University Tübingen, Germany, 1969.
Postdoctoral fellow, U. Vancouver, Canada, 1961-1963; assistant, U. Zürich, 1963-1965; assistant, U. Tübingen, 1965-1969; docent, U. Tübingen, 1969-1977; full professor, U. Tübingen, since 1977.
Member American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Canada Society Zoology, Schweizer Zoology Society, German Zoology Society.
Married Helena Ziegler, March 28, 1958. Children: Wolfgang, Lorenz, Erhard.