Max Müller

German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)

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Lived 1823–1900, aged 77

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1823–1900
Aged 77

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Updated 2026-05-29

Max Müller brought Sanskrit and Eastern religions into Western academia as a founding figure of Indology and religious studies. He orchestrated the Sacred Books of the East, a sprawling 50-volume translation project that outlived him.

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Friedrich Max Müller was a German-born British comparative philologist and Orientalist. He was one of the founders of the Western academic disciplines of Indology and religious studies. Müller wrote both scholarly and popular works on the subject of Indology. He directed the preparation of the Sacred Books of the East, a 50-volume set of English translations which continued after his death.

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