Jaeger, Johann Wilhelm Abraham (c. 1717-1791)

Military engineer.

Made a citizen of Frankfurt-am-Main (1758). Purchased Hutterite publishing house (1762). Composed an atlas of Germany; translated into German a military work by the French authority, Guillaume le Blond. Identified himself as an engineer, captain-lieutenant of artillery, and intendant of the arsenals of Frankfurt.

Native of Nuremberg. Married Margrethe Eleonore Schmid.