August Müller (orientalist)


August Müller was a German orientalist.

Biography

He was educated in classical philology and Semitic studies at the universities of Halle and Leipzig, where he was a student of Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer. In 1874, he became an associate professor, and in 1882 accepted the post of professor of oriental philology at the University of Königsberg. In 1890, he returned as a professor to the University of Halle.

Works

Die Griechischen Philosophen in der Arabischen Überlieferung.Der Islam im Morgen- und Abendland.Hebräische Schulgrammatik, the syntax of which was translated into English by James Robertson.
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.