 Hermann Müller was born to Konrad Müller, a master baker and vintner, and his wife Maria Egloff, the daughter of Karl Anton Egloff, a wine merchant of Oestrich, Hessen.He attended the Lehrerseminar Kreuzlingen (Kreuzlingen Teachers College) (1869-70).He taught in Stein am Rhein (1870-72) while studying at the Polytechnikum Zürich (1872 graduate).