Gerhard Müller

Gerhard Müller was a German Lutheran theologian. He served as Landesbischof of the Lutheran Church in Brunswick between 1982 and 1994, during German reunification, when he also was the leading bishop of the United Lutheran Church of Germany. As a theologian, teaching in Erlangen and Göttingen, he focused on the history of the Reformation, and was editor of the Theologische Realenzyklopädie. He received international recognition such as a membership of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews.