Friedrich Wagenfeld (1810-1846) was a German philologist, author, and a known forger of a historical document.
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1810 – He is born in Bremen.
1829-1832 – He studies philology in Gottingen.
1837 – He publishes his forgery of the entire text of Philo of Byblos’ Sanchoniathon that he claimed to have found in the Portuguese convent of Santa Maria de Merinhão.
1844-1845 – He publishes a popular collection of Bremen Folktales, Bremer Volkssagen.
1846 – He dies in Bremen.
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References:
1 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wagenfeld
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