Emil Artin

Emil Artin (1898–1962) was a mathematician and university teacher whose work focused on algebra, algebraic number theory, and class field theory. Born in Vienna, he held citizenship in Austria–Hungary, the United States, Austria, and Germany. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Vienna, where he was also educated, along with Leipzig University and the University of Göttingen. His doctoral advisors were Gustav Herglotz and Otto Hölder.

Artin served as a professor at Princeton University, the University of Hamburg, the University of Notre Dame, and Indiana University. He was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony. Among his awards were the Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award and fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

His notable works include *Modern higher algebra*, *Galois theory*, and *Lectures on modern higher algebra*. He supervised doctoral students such as Serge Lang, David Gilbarg, Hans Zassenhaus, and Arthur Mattuck. Artin was married to Natascha Artin Brunswick and was the father of Michael Artin. He died in Hamburg.