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David Heinrich Müller

1846 – 1912

Austrian orientalist

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Lived 1846 – 1912 (aged 66). David Heinrich Müller was an Austrian writer, professor, orientalist, theologian, linguist and literary scholar.

David Heinrich Müller (born 6 July 1846 in Buczacz, Galicia; died 21 December 1912 in Vienna, Austria) was a Jewish Austrian orientalist.

Biography He was educated in Vienna, Leipzig, Strassburg, and Berlin; became professor of Semitic philology at Vienna in 1881.

Works Himjaritische Inschriften (1875) Südarabische Studien (1877) Die Burgen und Schlösser Südarabiens (1879–81) Sabäische Denkmäler (with Mordtmann, 1883) Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Arabien (1889) Die altsemitischen Inschriften von Sendschirli (1893) Epigraphische Denkmäler aus Abessinien (1894) Ezechielstudien (1895) Die Propheten in ihrer ursprünglichen Form (1896) Südarabische Alterthümer (1899) Die Mehri- und Soqotri-Sprache, Vol. I, II, III (1902, 1905, 1907)

He published editions of: Kitab al Farq (1876) Hāmdāni, Geography of the Arabian Peninsula (1884–91) Tabarî, Annales (in part; 1888)

He was an editor of the Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes.

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University of Vienna
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University of Vienna

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Who was David Heinrich Müller?

Austrian orientalist (1846–1912)

When was David Heinrich Müller born?

David Heinrich Müller was born on 6 July 1846 in Buchach.

When did David Heinrich Müller die?

David Heinrich Müller died on 21 December 1912 in Vienna.

What was David Heinrich Müller's occupation?

David Heinrich Müller was a writer, professor, orientalist, theologian, linguist and literary scholar.

What nationality was David Heinrich Müller?

David Heinrich Müller was Austrian.

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· Wikipedia: David Heinrich Müller

· Wikidata: Q85934

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