August Müller (orientalist)

August Müller (born 3 December 1848 in Stettin; died 12 September 1892 in Königsberg) was a German orientalist.

Biography

He was educated at the universities of Halle and Leipzig. In 1882 he accepted the post of professor of oriental philology at the University of Königsberg.

Works

Wikisource has original works written by or about: August Müller

• Die griechischen Philosophen in der arabischen Uebersetzung (1873)
• Der Islam im Morgen- und Abendland (“Islam in the west and the orient”; 1885–87)
• Hebräische Schulgrammatik (“Hebrew school grammar”; 1878), the syntax of which was translated into English by James Robertson.
• Reedited (1876) Caspari's Arabische Grammatik, which he considerably enlarged
• Delectus Veterum Carminum Arabicorum (1890, with Nöldeke), furnished with copious annotations, and thus rendered useful to those who desire to become acquainted with Arabic poetry
• Edition (1884) of Ibn Useibia's History of Physicians, with Arabic text and a critical commentary online

Several of his essays are contained in the Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenländischen Gesellschaft and Beiträge zur Kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen. In 1887, he was appointed editor of the Orientalische Bibliographie.

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References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Müller, August". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.