There are books on the history of Algebraic Geometry, there are also papers about it (all had done by J. Dieudonné). But I could not find any book or paper about the history of Commutative Algebra. When I studied a topic, I would like to study its history to get a more global view. Please suggest me the papers or books about the history of Commutative Algebra. Thank for reading :)


The history of commutative algebra is mixed with the history of algebraic number theory and the history of algebraic geometry. It is actually mixed into the history of the ring concept as well, motivated by these applications. See

  • History of the Concept of a Ring
  • Episodes in the History of Modern Algebra (1800-1950)
  • A History of Abstract Algebra
  • On the early history of commutative algebra with special emphasis on divisibility theories and the foundations of algebraic geometry