Education
After studying Semitic and Arabic studies at the University of Tübingen Müller graduated in 1962.
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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.
These days Walter West. Müller devotes himself to the study of South Arabia, especially from a linguistic and economic point of view.
German Archaeological Institute. Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur]
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.