Wolfgang Krull

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.

He attended the Universities of Freiburg, Rostock and finally Göttingen from 1919–1921,[1] 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.

In 1939, Krull moved to become chair at the University of Bonn, where he remained for the rest of his life.

[2] His 35 doctoral students include Wilfried Brauer, Karl-Otto Stöhr and Jürgen Neukirch.