August Müller (orientalist)
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August Müller was a German
orientalist
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. In 1882 he accepted the post of professor of oriental philology
at the University of Königsberg
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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.
Germany
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orientalist
Oriental studies
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Biography
He was educated at the universities of Halle and LeipzigUniversity of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
. In 1882 he accepted the post of professor of oriental philology
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
at the University of Königsberg
University of Königsberg
The University of Königsberg was the university of Königsberg in East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as second Protestant academy by Duke Albert of Prussia, and was commonly known as the Albertina....
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Works
- 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) CaspariCarl Paul CaspariCarl Paul Caspari was a Norwegian neo-Lutheran theologian and academic. He wrote several books and is best known for his interpretations and translation of the Old Testament.-Early life:...
's Arabische Grammatik, which he considerably enlarged - Delectus Veterum Carminum Arabicorum (1890, with NöldekeTheodor NöldekeTheodor Nöldeke was a German Semitic scholar, who was born in Harburg and studied in Göttingen, Vienna, Leiden and Berlin....
), 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.