Sophus Müller
| Sophus Otto Müller | |
|---|---|
 Sophus Müller | |
| Born |
24 May 1846 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 23 February 1934 |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Occupation | archaeologist |
Sophus Otto Müller (24 May 1846 - 23 February 1934) was a Danish archaeologist.
He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of C. Louis Müller. Sophus studied classical philology at Copenhagen University, graduating with a masters in 1871. He became a teacher up until 1876, while assisting at the Museum of Northern Antiquities. He was hired by the museum in 1878, and graduated with a Ph.D. in 1880 with the essay Dyreornamentiken i Norden.[1]
After 1881 he was secretary at the Royal Archaeological Society and edited Aarböger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed and Nordiske Fortidsminder. In 1885 he was an inspector at the museum,[2] then, when the museum was being re-organized as the Danish National Museum, he was the director of the ancient history section in 1892. In 1895 he was named the museum director.[1] In 1888, his two volume work Ordning af Danmarks Oldsager (The Arrangement of Denmark's Antiquities) was published.[2] He wrote a prehistory of Denmark, which was published as Vor Oldtid (Our Prehistory) in 1897.[1] He retired from the museum in 1921.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gräslund, Bo (1987). The birth of prehistoric chronology: dating methods and dating systems in nineteenth-century Scandinavian archaeology. New studies in archaeology. CUP Archive. p. 119. ISBN 0-521-32249-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 New international encyclopedia 16. Dodd, Mead. 1916. p. 406.