Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller (27 May 1812,

Holzminden Holzminden (; ) is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Holzminden (district), Holzminden. It is located on the river Weser, which at this point forms the border with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

– 4 January 1890,

Göttingen Göttingen (, ; ; ) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. According to the 2022 German census, t ...

) was a

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

Germanic studies Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary te ...

. From 1830 he studied philology and

theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen (, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta), is a Public university, public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734 ...

as a student of

Karl Otfried Müller Karl Otfried Müller (; 28 August 1797 – 1 August 1840) was a German professor, scholar of classical Greek studies and philodorian. Biography He was born at Brieg (modern Brzeg) in Silesia, then in the Kingdom of Prussia. His father was a c ...

. In 1841 he started work as a lecturer of German language and literature at Göttingen, becoming an associate professor in January 1845. From 1856 up until his death in 1890, he was a full professor of philology at Göttingen.

Works

With Georg Schambach, he was co-author of a book on Lower Saxon legends and fairy tales, titled "''Niedersächsische Sagen und Märchen''" (1855). With Friedrich Karl Theodor Zarncke, he was an editor of a four-part

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High ...

dictionary ("''Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch''", 1854–1866) that was initiated by Georg Friedrich Benecke. Other noted works associated with Müller include: * ''De Corcyræorum republica'', 1835 – On the republic of the Corcyreans. hat is now modern-day Corfu ">Corfu.html" ;"title="hat is now modern-day Corfu">hat is now modern-day Corfu * ''Geschichte und System der altdeutschen Religion'', Göttingen 1844 – History and system of the old German religion. * ''Mythologie der deutschen Heldensage'', Heilbronn 1886 – Mythology of the German Sagas, German heroic saga.Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller
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