Prof. dr. Gregor Krek. Življenje in delo (1840–1905)

Gregor Krek, bajtarski otrok, je namesto teologije študiral jezike na univerzi Karla in Franca v Gradcu. Tam je doktoriral in se habilitiral za slovanske jezike. Postal je prvi profesor in predstojnik stolice za slovansko filologijo, današnjega inštituta za slavistiko v Gradcu. Bil je tudi dekan filozofske fakultete na Univerzi Karla in Franca v Gradcu. Njegovo najpomembnejše delo je Einleitung in die slavische Literaturgeschichte, v prvi izdaji 1874, v bistveno dopolnjeni pa 1887. *** Gregor Krek, the son of a cottager, studied languages instead of theology at the University of Graz, where he received a doctorate in Slavic languages. He became the first professor and chair for Slavic philology at today’s Institute of Slavic Studies in Graz. His most important work was Einleitung in die slavische Literaturgeschichte (Introduction to the History of Slavic Literature), first published in 1874 and revised in 1887