Godwin recorded Ludwig von Muhlenfel’s (1793-1861) election to a London University chair on 10 May 1828, called on him on 19 May and then attended this inaugural lecture on the history of the German language. An Introductory Lecture Delivered in The University of London, on Thursday, October 30, 1828. by Ludwig von Muhlenfels, LL.D. Professor of the German and Northern Languages and Literature was published by John Taylor in the same year.