Autograph letter signed from F. Max Müller, Oxford, to Anna Swanwick [manuscript], 1889 February 17.

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Autograph letter signed from F. Max Müller, Oxford, to Anna Swanwick [manuscript], 1889 February 17.

Müller states that he knows Mr. Howell's name well and believes he would make an excellent professor of Arabic. Letter addressed to Miss Swanwick. On embossed letterhead of 7 Norham Gardens, Oxford.

1 item ; 16 x 10 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7441066

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Howell, Mr., fl. 1889

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Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max), 1823-1900

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F. Max Müller (1823-1900) was a German scholar of comparative language, religion, and mythology. Müller's special areas of interest were Sanskrit philology and the religions of India. Müller was instrumental in editing and translating into English some of the most ancient and revered religious and philosophical texts of Asia. Born in Dessau, duchy of Anhalt [Germany], he moved to England in 1846 and settled in Oxford in 1848, where he became deputy professor of modern languages in 1850. He wa...

Swanwick, Anna, 1813-1899

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Anna Swanwick was a British author and translator of German works. From the description of Anna Swanwick papers, 1851-1897, n.d. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 36730963 English scholar, author and poet. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Bath, to Prof. Knight, 1892 Nov. 17-1892 Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580413 From the description of Autograph letters (4) signed : Regents Park n. w., to...