page_title: Sophus Müller
hierarchical_section_title: Sophus Müller
caption_attribution_description: English: Sophus Otto Müller (1846-1934), Danish archaeologist and museum director
context_page_description: Sophus Otto Müller was a Danish archaeologist.
  He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of C. Louis Müller. Sophus studied classical philology at Copenhagen University, graduating with a masters in 1871. He became a teacher until 1876, while assisting at the Museum of Northern Antiquities. He was hired by the museum in 1878, and graduated with a Ph.D. in 1880 with the essay Dyreornamentiken i Norden. He discovered the single burial mounds of central Jutland. This discovery was the first proof of Middle Neolithic Periods in Scandinavia.
  After 1881 he was secretary at the Royal Archaeological Society and edited Aarböger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed and Nordiske Fortidsminder. In 1885, he was an inspector at the museum, then, when the museum was being re-organized as the Danish National Museum, he was the director of the ancient history section in 1892. In 1895, he was named the museum's director. In 1888, his two-volume work Ordning af Danmarks Oldsager was published. He wrote a prehistory of Denmark, which was published as Vor Oldtid in 1897. He also wrote He retired from the museum in 1921.
context_section_description: Sophus Otto Müller (24 May 1846 - 23 February 1934) was a Danish archaeologist.
  He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of C. Louis Müller. Sophus studied classical philology at Copenhagen University, graduating with a masters in 1871. He became a teacher until 1876, while assisting at the Museum of Northern Antiquities. He was hired by the museum in 1878, and graduated with a Ph.D. in 1880 with the essay Dyreornamentiken i Norden. He discovered the single burial mounds of central Jutland. This discovery was the first proof of Middle Neolithic Periods in Scandinavia.
  After 1881 he was secretary at the Royal Archaeological Society and edited Aarböger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed and Nordiske Fortidsminder. In 1885, he was an inspector at the museum, then, when the museum was being re-organized as the Danish National Museum, he was the director of the ancient history section in 1892. In 1895, he was named the museum's director. In 1888, his two-volume work Ordning af Danmarks Oldsager (The Arrangement of Denmark's Antiquities) was published. He wrote a prehistory of Denmark, which was published as Vor Oldtid (Our Prehistory) in 1897. He also wrote He retired from the museum in 1921.
caption: Sophus Müller
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