Karl Müller (natural scientist)

Karl and Adolf Müller

Karl Müller (born July 16, 1825 in Friedberg (Hessen) , † September 24, 1905 in Alsfeld ) was a German Protestant clergyman and naturalist .

Life

Müller was born as the son of the rector at the Friedberger school teacher seminar and folk song writer Peter Müller. He attended the Augustinian School in Friedberg, and from 1841 the grammar school in Darmstadt . In the winter semester 1843/44 he enrolled at the University of Giessen and became a member of the Corps Teutonia , where he made a name for himself as an outstanding mensurfing championmade. In the winter semester of 1848/49 he passed the theological faculty examination, and in November 1851 the state examination. In 1852 Müller was given the management of the co-preacher and rectorate position in Alsfeld. The municipal council unanimously proposed him in 1862 for the vacant position of the second pastor of Alsfeld, which he took up after confirmation by the sovereign. In 1874 he became the first pastor, in 1875 a member of the regional synod, in the same year chairman of the city school board, in 1882 dean of the Alsfeld dean's office.

Since the 1860s, Müller, mostly together with his brother Adolf Müller, who worked as head forester in Gladenbach and Krofdorf, published a number of popular zoological works, initially as essays in the gazebo , at home and in Westermann's monthly notebooks . In 1865 he published his first book "Character drawings of the most excellent German song birds", which was quickly followed by others, in 1867 a hunting album in two parts ("Waidmanns Heil" and "The dog and his hunt") and in 1873 "The benefits of and use of the native mammals and birds Damage in agriculture and forestry ”, which was recommended by the ministries of various countries to higher education institutions for teaching purposes. In 1883 the Müller brothers published their main work "Animals of the Homeland", a second edition of which came out in 1894. The other works also achieved wide distribution. There was a close exchange with Alfred Brehm , who was repeatedly a guest in the Alsfeld rectory.

more publishments

• Captive lives of the best native songbirds (1871)
• Our useful mammals (1876)

Awards

The city of Alsfeld made Müller an honorary citizen in 1877.

literature

• Academic monthly books 22 (1905/06), pp. 243f.

Web links

Wikisource: Karl Müller (natural scientist)  - sources and full texts