Awards
- National Academies (1963)
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Guggenheim Fellow (1939)
About Herbert J. Muller
Herbert J. Muller (1905 - 1980) was an American historian, academic, government official and author. He was educated at Cornell University. He taught at Cornell, Purdue and Indiana University (1959-1980), served in the Department of State, the War Production Board, and frequently lectured abroad.
He is the author of "The Uses of the Past", a sweeping inquiry into the lessons of history, focusing on Rome & Greece, Christianity & Judaism, the Byzantine empire, the Middle Ages, and Russia & China.