Background
Krull was born and went to school in Baden-Baden.
mathematician university professor
Krull was born and went to school in Baden-Baden.
He attended the Universities of Freiburg, Rostock and finally Göttingen, where he earned his doctorate under Felix Klein.
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. His 35 doctoral students include Wilfried Brauer, Karl-Otto Stöhr and Jürgen Neukirch.