{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}} '''Samuel Mullen''' (27 November 1828 – 29 May 1890) was an Irish-born bookseller, active in Australia.<ref name=adb>J. P. Holroyd, '[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mullen-samuel-4268 Mullen, Samuel (1828 – 1890)]', ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 309-310. Retrieved 2009-10-22</ref>
Mullen was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of George Mullen, a bookseller, and his wife Eliza, ''née'' Orson. Mullen was educated at Nuttgrove College and later at Trinity College, Dublin. At age 16, Mullen was indentured to an apothecary, but did not like the work.<ref name=adb/>
Mullen died 29 May 1890. Mullen was married twice, firstly to Eliza Moss (died 15 October 1868) and secondly to Wilhelmina Wild on 17 September 1870.<ref name="adb" /> Mullen was survived by children from both marriages.
Mullen's business continued on in Collins Street until 1922, when it merged with George Robertson and Company under the name of '''Robertson and Mullens Ltd.'''
==References== {{reflist}} *{{Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Samuel|Last=Mullen|shortlink=0-dict-biogMu-My.html#mullen1}}
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