Jacob Grimm

Jacob Grimm

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1785-01-04

  • Day of Death

    1863-09-20 (78 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Hanau, Germany

Biography

German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law (linguistics), the co-author with his brother Wilhelm of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Known For

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