Max Müller

According to Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett:

Müller, Max, 1823-1900. A German born and educated philologist and famous Sanskrit scholar. He translated many oriental works for European readers, his major works appearing in the series entitled Sacred Books of th East. KH indicated (ML, p. 238) that he was not sufficiently conversant with Indian thought to interpret properly some of the books he translated.