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Friedrich Max Müller

German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist1823 to 1900

Wikidata names Christian Hermann Weisse, Christian Wilhelm Niedner, Eugène Burnouf, Friedrich Rückert, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Hermann Lotze, Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann, Johann Gottfried Stallbaum, Karl Friedrich August Nobbe, Moriz Haupt, and Reinhold Klotz as teachers and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Teachers and mentors11

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Christian Hermann Weisse
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Christian Wilhelm Niedner
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Eugène Burnouf
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Friedrich Rückert
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Hermann Lotze
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Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Johann Gottfried Stallbaum
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Karl Friedrich August Nobbe
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Moriz Haupt
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Reinhold Klotz

Taught1

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Georg Bühler
born 1837

Education and career3

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1835 to 1841
Alte Nikolaischule (Leipzig)
studied
until 1843
Leipzig University
studied
undated
University of Oxford
worked

At a glance

known as: linguist, librarian, historian of religion, translator, university teacher, mythographer, writer, philologist, religious studies scholar, orientalist, Indo-Europeanist, Indologist, author, essayist
fields: philology, oriental studies, religious studies, Indology
degrees: Magister Artium, 1843, Dr. phil., 1843
awards: Volney Prize, 1862, Volney Prize, 1849, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, 1874, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, 1875, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, from 1878, Doctor honoris causa of the University of Dublin, honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh, honorary member
member of: Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Leipzig Fraternity Germania, Academy of Sciences of Turin, from 1859, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 1869 to 1900, Romanian Academy, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, from 1859, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1877 to 1882, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 1882
Wikipedia: in 72 languages

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@misc{academicancestry_Q60074,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Friedrich Max Müller: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q60074},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Friedrich Max Müller: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q60074