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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Krull has received more than 44,084 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Krull is the 804th most popular mathematician, the 4,936th most popular biography from Germany and the 91st most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Wolfgang Krull ranks 804 out of 1,004. Before him are Eugene Dynkin, Ngô Bảo Châu, Marcel Riesz, Grace Chisholm Young, Douglas McIlroy, and Frank Morley. After him are Richard Rado, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Marina Ratner, Maryna Viazovska, Carl Hindenburg, and Yasumasa Kanada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Wolfgang Krull ranks 259. Before him are Bart McGhee, Giorgi Leonidze, Elda Emma Anderson, Elisabeth Langgässer, Jack Beresford, and Donald Johnston. After him are Maria Wittek, Jan Lechoń, Jacques Audiberti, Lyman Lemnitzer, Louis Guilloux, and Robin Hill. Among people deceased in 1971, Wolfgang Krull ranks 191. Before him are Billy Gilbert, Ciro Verratti, Erik Almlöf, Hank Mann, Brock Chisholm, and Carl Blegen. After him are Koichi Kudo, Tadas Ivanauskas, James Waddell Alexander II, Louis Armand, Cliff Edwards, and Fernando Quiroga Palacios.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Krull ranks 4,936 out of 7,253. Before him are Bruno Labbadia (1966), Peter Baltes (1958), Kurt Biedenkopf (1930), Franz Sigel (1824), John Cordts (1935), and Margot Eskens (1936). After him are Ludwig Ganghofer (1855), Marius Müller-Westernhagen (1948), Eduard Sievers (1850), Marieluise Fleißer (1901), Richard Rado (1906), and Horst Wolter (1942).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Wolfgang Krull ranks 91. Before him are Leonard Nelson (1882), Erich Kähler (1906), Jordanus de Nemore (null), Johann Faulhaber (1580), Wendelin Werner (1968), and Oskar Perron (1880). After him are Richard Rado (1906), Carl Hindenburg (1741), Christoph Gudermann (1798), Heinz Prüfer (1896), Friedrich Engel (1861), and Walther von Dyck (1856).

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