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Johann Wilhelm Meinhold (1797–1851)
Meinhold, Johann Wilhelm (mīn’hōlt). A German clergyman; born at Netzelkow, Usedom Island, Feb. 27, 1797; died at Charlottenburg, Nov. 30, 1851. His books are ‘Maria Schweidler’ (1843) and ‘Sidonia von Bork,’ both purporting to be mediæval manuscripts discovered by Meinhold; his object being to show the Biblical critics, through the deception, that internal evidence as to the antiquity of works is not reliable. Both the works were successful and popular. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).