Kremer, Alfred, Freiherr von Auenrode#
Kremer, Baron Alfred von Auenrode, b. Vienna, May 13, 1828, d. Vienna, Dec. 27, 1889. Orientalist, university professor in Vienna, consul in Cairo and Beirut, 1880/81 Minister of Commerce, founder of Islamic cultural history as a discipline.
Works#
Geschichte der herrschenden Ideen des Islams, 1868; Kulturgeschichte des Orients unter den Chalifen, 2 vols., 1875/1877; Studien zur vergleichenden Kulturgeschichte, 1889.