Robert Enrique Muller (September 1881 – 1921) sometimes credited as Enrique Muller, Jr. and as E. Muller, was an official photographer for the

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, and an author. He took photos of military ships in action.

Biography

He was born in

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in September 1881 or 1882 to photographer

Enrique Muller Enrique Muller (December 1846 - ?) was a German-American photographer for the United States Navy. He was known as the "daredevil photographer" for his unique perspectives when photographing moving ships. Biography He was born in December 1846 in G ...

and his wife, Mary. His father had worked in the

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in Germany, and migrated to the United States and lived New York City. Father, Enrique Muller and his two children, Robert and Theodore operated a photographic studio in New York City. The family lived in Brooklyn, New York City in 1900. He photographed the 1901 America's Cup and sent copies of his photographs to

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. The Kaiser thanked the photographer, by sending him a pair of gold cufflinks. Robert married Caroline around 1912 and they had two children, Virginia C. Muller and Robert T. Muller. In 1912 he published ''Battleships of the U.S. Navy'', and in 1913 ''Risks of Photographing Battle-Ships in Action''. He was declared bankrupt on December 23, 1915 by the

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. In 1917 he published ''The United States Navy''. By 1920 they had moved to

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. He died in 1921.

Works

*The United States Navy (1917) *

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(1913) *Battleships of the U.S. Navy (1912)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Robert Enrique 20th-century American photographers 1881 births 1921 deaths American people of German descent