Horst Müller (publisher)

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Horst Müller (born August 5, 1932 in Braunschweig , † March 24, 2016 in Aurich ) was a German bird keeper, author and publisher with a focus on parrots . He is considered a pioneer of West German parrot literature.

The Horst Müller-Verlag , founded in Braunschweig in 1968 and based in Bomlitz from 1981 , published numerous books on parrots. Around 1973 - still with the place of publication Braunschweig - Colored Atlas Parrots by Wolfgang de Grahl . The Encyclopedia of Parrots and Parakeets , which was divided into numerous volumes and divided into species groups, appeared later, the first volume of which by Horst Bielfeld deals with the genus Agapornis . The authors of the other volumes and supplementary volumes include numerous well-known parrot authors, including Karl Diefenbach , Eckhard Lietzow , Renate Ehlenbröker and Jörg Ehlenbröker , Hans Strunden , Thomas Arndt , Angelika Fergenbauer-Kimmel , Georg A. Radtke and Werner Lantermann . In 1988 Horst Müller founded the Arndt & Müller publishing house together with Thomas Arndt, which continues to exist today as Arndt-Verlag . From 1988 to 1990 the journal Parrots was published by Horst Müller-Verlag , which was then continued to be published by Arndt-Verlag and is still published today.

In addition to his work as a publisher and author, Horst Müller was also known as a photographer. Many of his bird photos come from the Walsrode bird park , where he was temporarily considered to be the “house photographer”. The square calendars and the postcards with bird motifs from Horst Müller-Verlag were known throughout Europe. In 1977 he succeeded in the first German breeding of the White-fronted Parrot ( Amazona albifrons ).

literature

  • Thomas Arndt : Obituary for a pioneer ... In: Parrots 5/2016, p. 147
  • Horst Müller dies at the age of 83 . In: Parrots 5/2016, p. 148

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on the DNB publishing house: https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=idn%3D1065712138
  2. ^ Franz Robiller: Lexicon of bird keeping . Landbuch Verlag, Hannover 1986, ISBN 3-7842-0322-1 , p. 400 .
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ornithologist and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2016
Place of death Aurich