Johann Meyer (1829 - 1904)

Johann Meyer (5 January 1829 - 15 October 1904) was a German writer. Meyer worked as a carpenter and miller until he was 21, then went to the Meldorf grammar school, studied in Kiel from 1854 to 1857 and then became a teacher in Altona. In 1859 he became editor of the Itzehoer Nachrichten. In 1862 he founded the psychiatric idiot institution in Kiel, which he headed as director.