Karl Johann August Müller

Karl Johann August Müller (from Halle)

Karl Johann August Müller ( Müller Hallensis ) (born December 16, 1818 in Allstedt , † February 9, 1899 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German bryologist . Its botanical author's abbreviation is “ Müll.Hal. "

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Müller came from a humble background. His father was a master bagger. He completed a pharmacist teaching and worked for several years as a pharmacist . In 1842 Müller worked in Ernst Hampe's pharmacy and became enthusiastic about bryology. In 1843 he moved to Halle (Saale) , where he studied botany with Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal . In 1847 he began to publish his synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque cognitorum . He rejected Charles Darwin's ideas . In 1880 he became a member of the Leopoldina . In addition to his studies, Müller wrote for the Botanische Zeitung.

From 1852 to 1896, Müller was editor-in-chief and for many years, together with Otto Eduard Vincenz Ule, editor of the weekly magazine Die Natur , one of the first and long-leading popular science bodies in Germany. He was also one of the co-founders of the Natural Science Association for Saxony and Thuringia.

He was married twice. His first wife was Henriette Hauff . In 1864 he married Hedwig Mathilde Sorge . He had a son from his first marriage and two daughters from his second marriage.

editor

Die Natur , Halle, (1.1852–51.1902), ZDB -ID 2748313-7
Illustrierte Gartenzeitung , Schweizerbart, Stuttgart (4.1860-19.1875), ZDB -ID 2475710-X

literature

Karl Schliephacke : Foreword , in: Genera Muscorum Frondosorum (handwritten estate of Carl Müller), Eduard Kummer, Leipzig 1901, pp. III ff. (Contains an obituary, digitized version ),
Karl Maidwoman: Müller, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 435 f. ( Digitized version ).
Andreas W. Daum , Science Popularization in the 19th Century. Civil culture, scientific education and the German public, 1848–1914. Oldenbourg, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-486-56337-8 .

Web links

Wikisource: Nature - Sources and full texts

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Karl Johann August Müller at the IPNI

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Frahm, Eggers: Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen , Volume 1, p. 333
^ Member entry of Carl Müller at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 23, 2015.
^ Andreas W. Daum: Science popularization in the 19th century. Civil culture, scientific education and the German public 1848–1914 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2002, p. 356-351, 404, 408, 432, 504 .

personal data
SURNAME	Müller, Karl Johann August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Müller Hallensis; Garbage. (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German bryologist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 16, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH	Allstedt
DATE OF DEATH	February 9, 1899
Place of death	Halle (Saale)

[lexikon-1] Frahm, Eggers: Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen , Volume 1, p. 333

[2] Member entry of Carl Müller at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 23, 2015.

[3] Andreas W. Daum: Science popularization in the 19th century. Civil culture, scientific education and the German public 1848–1914 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2002, p. 356-351, 404, 408, 432, 504 .