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Wolfgang Krull

1899 - 1971

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Wolfgang Krull (26 August 1899 – 12 April 1971) was a German mathematician who made fundamental contributions to commutative algebra, introducing concepts that are now central to the subject. Krull was born and went to school in Baden-Baden. He attended the Universities of Freiburg, Rostock and finally Göttingen from 1919–1921, where he earned his doctorate under Alfred Loewy. He worked as an instructor and professor at Freiburg, then spent a decade at the University of Erlangen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Krull is the 840th most popular mathematician (down from 804th in 2019), the 5,059th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,937th in 2019) and the 96th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Wolfgang Krull ranks 840 out of 1,004. Before him are Marcel Riesz, Oskar Perron, Harish-Chandra, Marina Ratner, Erich Kähler, and Francesco Severi. After him are Boris Galerkin, William Shanks, Grigore Moisil, Stanislav Smirnov, Erich Hecke, and Laurent Lafforgue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Wolfgang Krull ranks 265. Before him are Ladislav Vácha, Louis Guilloux, Panagiotis Pipinelis, Giorgi Leonidze, Robin Hill, and Byron Haskin. After him are Jaroslav Skobla, El-Registan, Anders Petersen, Ilse Bing, Øystein Ore, and Hendrik Marsman. Among people deceased in 1971, Wolfgang Krull ranks 205. Before him are Tor Johnson, Lauro Amadò, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Basil Dearden, Fernando Quiroga Palacios, and Ángel Médici. After him are Frederick Sheffield, Louis Armand, Dick Tiger, Leo Burnett, Betty Bronson, and Diana Lynn.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Krull ranks 5,062 out of 7,253. Before him are Andrea Pollack (1961), Walter Jens (1923), Norbert Walter-Borjans (1952), Eduard David (1863), Marina Lewycka (1946), and Yıldıray Baştürk (1978). After him are Günter de Bruyn (1926), Gorch Fock (1880), Dana Wynter (1931), Robert Hausmann (1852), Hermann Hansen (1912), and Eva Mattes (1954).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Wolfgang Krull ranks 96. Before him are Oswald Teichmüller (1913), Paul du Bois-Reymond (1831), Hans Rademacher (1892), Friedrich Engel (1861), Oskar Perron (1880), and Erich Kähler (1906). After him are Richard Rado (1906), Walther von Dyck (1856), Richard Brauer (1901), Leopold Löwenheim (1878), Ruth Moufang (1905), and Volker Strassen (1936).

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