Wolfgang Krause

Wolfgang Krause
Born	(1895-09-18)18 September 1895 Steglitz, German Empire
Died	14 August 1970(1970-08-14) (aged 74) Göttingen, West Germany
Nationality	German
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Berlin University of Göttingen
Doctoral advisor	Eduard Hermann
Academic work
Discipline	Linguistics
Sub-discipline	Indo-European linguistics
Institutions	University of Königsberg University of Göttingen
Main interests	Runology

Wolfgang Krause (18 September 1895, Steglitz – 14 August 1970, Göttingen) was a German philologist and linguist. A professor at the University of Göttingen for many years, Krause specialized in comparative linguistics, and was an authority on Celtic studies, Tocharian languages, Germanic studies, Old Norse and particularly runology.