Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller

Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller was a philologist of Germanic studies.
From 1830 he studied philology and theology at the University of Göttingen as a student of Karl Otfried Müller. 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". With Friedrich Karl Theodor Zarncke, he was an editor of a four-part Middle High German dictionary that was initiated by Georg Friedrich Benecke. Other noted works associated with Müller include:De Corcyræorum republica, 1835 – On the republic of the Corcyreans. 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 heroic saga.