Kraft Müller

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Kraft Müller (* around 1503 in Schlettstadt ; † April 24, 1547 in the Battle of Mühlberg ) was a printer in Wittenberg and Strasbourg . Partly it is also Kra ff t or Crato Mylius listed.

Kraft Müller's printer's mark, around 1538–1540

life and work

Müller was born around 1503 as the son of Gregor Müller and Otilia Kraft. He attended the Latin school in Schlettstadt and was matriculated in Wittenberg in 1523 . Here he was a student of Philipp Melanchthon . In 1536 Müller took over Georg Ulricher's office . In the VD 16 about 130 prints miller are detected.

literature

  • Christoph Reske: The book printers of the 16th and 17th centuries in the German-speaking area. Based on the work of the same name by Josef Benzing. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-447-05450-8 , p. 887 ( Contributions to books and libraries , 51).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ pitts.emory.edu
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Kraft
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Printer, scholar and student of Philipp Melanchthon
DATE OF BIRTH 1503
PLACE OF BIRTH Schlettstadt
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1547
Place of death Battle of Mühlberg