Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller Explained

Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller
Birth Date:27 May 1812
Birth Place:Holzminden, Kingdom of Prussia
Death Place:Göttingen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Nationality:German
Alma Mater:University of Göttingen
Discipline:Philology
Workplaces:University of Göttingen

Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller (27 May 1812, Holzminden  - 4 January 1890, Göttingen) was a philologist of Germanic studies.

From 1830 he studied philology and theology at the University of Göttingen as a student of Karl Otfried Müller. In 1841 he started work as a lecturer of German language and literature at Göttingen, becoming an associate professor in January 1845.[1] From 1856 up until his death in 1890, he was a full professor of philology at Göttingen.[2]

Works

With Georg Schambach, he was co-author of a book on Lower Saxon legends and fairy tales, titled "Niedersächsische Sagen und Märchen" (1855). With Friedrich Karl Theodor Zarncke, he was an editor of a four-part Middle High German dictionary ("Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch", 1854–1866) that was initiated by Georg Friedrich Benecke. Other noted works associated with Müller include:

Notes and References

  1. https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:M%C3%BCller,_Wilhelm_(Germanist) ADB:Müller, Wilhelm (Germanist)
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=IU4MLOE8Z2UC&pg=PA1097 Deutsche Philologie an den preussischen Universitäten
  3. https://books.google.com/books/about/De_Corcyr%C3%A6orum_republica.html?id=xXnTMQAACAAJ Google Books
  4. http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Konrad_Hermann_M%C3%BCller Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller