Carl Werner Muller
Carl Werner Müller (born January 28, 1931 in Mödrath ; † August 10, 2018 in Hainfeld (Palatinate) ) was a German classical philologist . He was a professor at the Saarland University .
Life
Müller studied Classical Philology from 1952 to 1960 at the Universities of Bonn , Tübingen and Athens . After the state examination and his doctorate in 1960, he was a study assessor in Bonn from 1962 to 1963. In 1970 he received his habilitation in Saarbrücken, in 1972 he was appointed professor and in 1978 he succeeded Otto Lendle at the chair for classical philology, with a focus on Greek . In April 1999 he retired.
His research focus was on the Greek literature of the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic epochs. He also dealt with the reception of literary motifs in the fine arts of antiquity. In 1980 the Academy of Sciences and Literature appointed him a corresponding member. Since 1990 he has been a member of the German Archaeological Institute , from 1990 to 2000 he was a member of the central management. Since 1992 Müller was a corresponding member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences .
From 1992 to 2007 he was project manager for the job Corpus Medicorum Graecorum / Latinorum (CMG / L) of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , member of the ancient academic commission of the Academy and Chairman of the Sub-Commission of the CMG / L . From 1985 Müller was editor of the journal Rheinisches Museum für Philologie .
Müller wrote several books and translated, for example, the testimony and fragments of the Philoctetes of Euripides from ancient Greek.
literature
- Kai Brodersen : Obituary Carl Werner Müller. In: Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. Yearbook 2017–2018, Stuttgart / Leipzig 2019, pp. 126–128.
- Kurt Sier : Obituary for Carl Werner Müller. In: Yearbook of the Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz. 69th year, 2018, pp. 61–63.
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Werner Müller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Regesta Imperii (publications)
- Carl Werner Müller at Saarland University
Remarks
First professorship: Rudolf Stark (1949–1966) | Otto Lendle (1967–1977) | Carl Werner Müller (1978–1999) | Peter Riemer (since 2000)
Second professorship: Ernst Zinn (1951–1956) | Heinrich Dörrie (1957–1961) | Robert Schröter (1962–1968) | Clemens Zintzen (1969–1972) | Eckard Lefèvre (1974–1977) | Woldemar Görler (1980–1999)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Carl Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mödrath |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 2018 |
| Place of death | Hainfeld (Palatinate) |