Author: Mueller, Albert Arney
Biography:
MUELLER or MULLER, Albert Arney (1785-1858?: Williams)
Most library catalogues and local histories call him Muller but in some sources, including one title-page, the name is given as Mueller. He was born and educated for the ministry in Charleston SC where his book of poetry was published, but after 1825 he travelled in the South as a missionary. In 1830 he arrived in Tuscaloosa AL to serve as the rector of the episcopal congregation there (another Christ Church). He seems to have been a Mason. He was awarded the first honorary DD degree from the University of Alabama in 1833. He was however deposed from the ministry after exhibiting scandalous behaviour, left Tuscaloosa in disgrace, was rejected also in Tennessee, and made his way to New York City where he became a hack writer. His last recorded letter to a friend in Alabama was a request for money. The death date is conjectural. (Benjamin Buford Williams, A Literary History of Alabama: The Nineteenth Century [1979] 21-3; Knight)
Other Names:
- Albert A. Mueller, Albert A. Muller