Johannes Theodor Müller
Johannes Theodor Müller (28 November 1873 – 15 March 1953) also known as John Theodore Muller, was a German-Australian sculptor, best known for his carvings on the sandstone walls of University of Queensland's Great Court at its St Lucia campus in Brisbane. Life and career According to Müller's biographer, John East, information about Müller's life is scanty because all his records were destroyed in a fire at his home on 5 July 1952. Nevertheless East was able to retrieve sufficient official records and other sources for his biography. Müller was born on 28 November 1873 in Schandau, now known as Bad Schandau, Germany, then part of the Kingdom of Saxony. Müller was the fifth child of Carl Gottlob Müller (a member of the Royal Saxon Army, guarding the nearby border with Bohemia, now the Czech Republic) and Emma Alwine, née Gräfe. After working briefly in London, in 1901 Müller began working in Berlin. In 1903, Müller travelled to Sydney Australia to begin a t ...
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