Walter W. Müller

Who is Walter W. Müller?

Walter Wilhelm Müller is a German specialist in the field of ancient South Arabia and Semitic epigraphy.

After studying Semitic and Arabic studies at the University of Tübingen Müller graduated in 1962. He subsequently worked as an academic assistant at the Institute for Semitic Studies; he became a professor in 1968 and in 1973 was appointed an extraordinary professor. In 1975 he was called to be an ordinary professor for Semitic Studies at the Philipps-Universität in Marburg. In 2001 he became professor emeritus. Since 1978 Müller has been a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute, since 1987 ordinary member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz, since 1990 a member of the Sudenten German Academy of Sciences and Arts, and since 2001 a corresponding member of the British Academy.

These days Walter W. Müller devotes himself to the study of South Arabia, especially from a linguistic and economic point of view.