Max Müller

Carl Philip Friedemann Maximilian Müller, also known as Max Müller (22 October 1808 – 28 October 1884) was a Danish military officer who served in the First and Second Schleswig Wars.

Early military career Müller was born to Christian Vilhelm Carl Müller and Helene F. Strickenbach on 22 October 1808. His father was a captain in the Funen Infantry Regiment who died in 1820 when Müller was 12. His mother was from Egernførde and later moved with her five children, of whom Max was the eldest, to Rendsborg. In 1822, Müller joined the Royal Danish Military Academy and in 1825, He spent nine years there and hardened his Copenhageners with strenuous exercises. He rose to prominence in the 1850s, when his study of tactics made him one of the first to recognize the advantages of the company column, whose adoption he helped to advance significantly. The Austrian losses amounted to 30 officers and 403 men.

Later, the brigade accompanied General Cai Hegermann-Lindencrone's division north and then fought at Vejle, but after that Müller did not engage in battle again. During the armistice after the defeat at Dybbøl, Müller became head of a newly formed brigade, the landing brigade, which was stationed in Funen.

Postwar life After the war, in which he was honoured with the Commander's Cross of 1st Dannebrog in 1864, Müller continued as brigade commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, and became a member of the Defense Commission in 1866. However, he had little influence, as he was far more adept at commanding than at negotiating.