Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller

Wilhelm Muller

Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller (born May 27, 1812 in Holzminden ; † January 4, 1890 in Göttingen ) was a German specialist in German .

Life

Müller came from the family of a tax official. In 1832 he graduated from high school in Holzminden and then studied in Göttingen. On June 13, 1837, he passed the state examination in history and German. He then continued teaching in Göttingen and, together with Georg Schambach , compiled a collection of legends and fairy tales.

Georg Friedrich Benecke's posthumous preparatory work for a collection of the Middle High German word treasure was used by Müller and Friedrich Zarncke in the Middle High German dictionary .

Fonts

System and history of the old German religion. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1844 ( digitized in the Google book search).
with Georg Schambach : Lower Saxon legends and fairy tales. Collected from the mouths of the people and edited with notes and treatises. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1855 ( digitized in the Google book search).

literature

Edward Schröder : Müller, Wilhelm Konrad Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 530-537.

Web links

Wikisource: Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller - Sources and full texts

Literature by and about Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Middle High German Dictionary, elaborated using the estate of Georg Benecke. by Wilhelm Müller and Friedrich Zarncke. 4 parts. Hirzel, Leipzig 1854-66 ( online ).

personal data
SURNAME	Müller, Wilhelm Konrad Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 27, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH	Holzminden
DATE OF DEATH	January 4, 1890
Place of death	Goettingen

[1] Middle High German Dictionary, elaborated using the estate of Georg Benecke. by Wilhelm Müller and Friedrich Zarncke. 4 parts. Hirzel, Leipzig 1854-66 ( online ).