Niklas Müller

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Niklas Müller (1809-1875)

Niklas Müller (born November 15, 1809 in Langenau , † August 14, 1875 in New York ) was a German poet and publisher.

Life

He trained as a printer in Ulm, traveled as a journeyman through Austria and Hungary from 1828 to 1830 and then worked in Stuttgart. He was then a printer at Cotta . In 1837 Gustav Schwab published poems by the self-taught Müller under the name "Lieder". That made the young miller known in one fell swoop. In 1837 he was able to afford a trip to England and Paris to learn how to print wood carving. In 1840 he returned and in 1843 he bought a printing press in Wertheim am Main and published a weekly newspaper , the Main- und Tauberbote , and the official gazette. He corresponded with greats like Ludwig Uhland . In 1848 he became a member of the Constituent Assembly of the Baden Republic, after the collapse of the Baden Revolution he had to flee to Switzerland. His wife was able to save part of his fortune and so they both moved to New York in 1853. There he set up a printing works again ( Nic. Müller's printing works, 48 ​​Beekman Street ). In 1867 he published a book entitled Newer Songs and Poems . He died shortly before he could move to his son in Lübeck in 1875 . In New York he left his widow Karoline Müller and a son Gustav.

Das Buch der Deutschen in America (p. 373/374) mentions him as a German poet and typesetter.

Works (selection)

In 1874 he published “Der Rabe”, a German translation of the famous poem by Poe . The Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard of Thomas Gray he translated into German and published it 1874th

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  1. ↑ Ludwig Uhland: his friends and contemporaries p. 154
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Niklas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Nikolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and publisher, Member of Parliament from Baden (1848)
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenau
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1875
Place of death new York