Surname: Müller Forename(s): Friedrich Max b. 6 December 1823. d. 28 October 1900. Nationality: Anglo-German. VIAF.
Sanskritist, philologist, translator. Born in Dessau, Germany. Father was the poet
Willhelm Müller. Educated at the University of Leipzig. Changed his surname to Max
Müller after moving to England in June 1846. Granted naturalized British citizenship
in 1855. Appointed deputy Taylorian professor of modern European languages at Oxford
in 1851, and then to the new chair in comparative philology in 1868. Curator of the
Bodleian Library (1856-1863, 1881-1894). Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)