Christoph Krehl
Christoph Ludolf Ehrenfried Krehl was a German orientalist born in Meissen.Biography
From 1843 he studied theology and philology at the University of Leipzig, where he attended lectures by Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer on Arabic, Persian and Turkish philology. In 1846 he continued his education at the University of Tübingen as a student of Heinrich Ewald. Later on, he embarked on study trips to Gotha, Paris and Saint Petersburg.
He became secretary of the Royal Library in Dresden in 1852 and in 1861 went to the University of Leipzig as a librarian and an associate professor of Oriental languages. In 1874 he became sole head librarian and a full professor. In 1876/77 he served as dean to the Faculty of Philosophy at the university.Published works
Krehl edited certain Arabic texts and wrote the following works:
