Name

August Müller

Original name

Main activity

Orientalist

Secondary activity

Title

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Education place

Halle, Leipzig

Education institution

Universities of Halle, University of Leipzig

Activity place

Königsberg, Halle

Activity institution

Activity start date

Activity end date

Place of birth

Stettin

Date of birth

1848

Place of death

Königsberg

Date of death

1892

Bibliographical references

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August Müller was a German orientalist. He studied in Halle and Leipzig. In 1868 he wrote a thesis on Imru' al-Qais' Mu'allaqat and in 1870 submitted a habilitation on cantilation in Biblical Hebrew. Among his interests was the Classical tradition in the Muslim world. He served as professor in Königsberg and later in Halle. In 1888 he edited Friedrich Rückert's German Qur'an translation.

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Asaph Ben Tov