August Leopold Crelle (17 March 1780 – 6 October 1855) was a German mathematician. He was born in Eichwerder near

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, and died in Berlin. He is the founder of ''Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik'' (also known as ''

Crelle's Journal ''Crelle's Journal'', or just ''Crelle'', is the common name for a mathematics journal, the ''Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik'' (in English: ''Journal for Pure and Applied Mathematics''). History The journal was founded by Augus ...

''). He befriended Niels Henrik Abel and published seven of Abel's papers in the first volume of his journal. In 1841, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was elected as a member to the

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in 1853.

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Crelle, August Leopold (11.3.1780 - 6.10.1856)
2016 1780 births 1855 deaths People from Wriezen People from the Margraviate of Brandenburg 19th-century German mathematicians Niels Henrik Abel Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{Germany-mathematician-stub