Max Müller (other)
Max Müller (1823–1900) was a German philologist and orientalist. Max Müller may also refer to: * Max Müller (Danish army officer) (1808–1884), Danish officer who served in the First and Second Schleswig Wars * Wilhelm Max Müller (1862–1919), American orientalist * Max Ritter von Müller (1887–1918), German World War I fighter ace * Max Müller (Psychiatrist) (1894-1980), Swiss psychiatrist * Max Müller (Catholic intellectual) (1906–1994), German philosopher and Catholic intellectual * Max Müller (cross-country skier) (1916–2019), Swiss cross-country skier * Max Müller (footballer) (born 1994), German footballer {{hndis, Muller, Max ...
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Max Müller
Friedrich Max Müller (; 6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900) was a German-born philologist and Orientalist, who lived and studied in Britain for most of his life. He was one of the founders of the western academic disciplines of Indian studies and religious studies ('science of religion', German: ''Religionswissenschaft'').Sara Abraham and Brannon Hancock, doctoral students of theology in University of Glasgo''Friedrich Max Müller'' Gifford Lectures. Müller wrote both scholarly and popular works on the subject of Indology. The ''Sacred Books of the East'', a 50-volume set of English translations, was prepared under his direction. He also promoted the idea of a Turanian family of languages. Early life and education Max Müller was born into a cultured family on 6 December 1823 in Dessau, the son of Wilhelm Müller, a lyric poet whose verse Franz Schubert had set to music in his song-cycles ''Die schöne Müllerin'', and ''Winterreise''. His mother, Adelheid Müller ( ...
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