Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

January 4, 1785

Died

September 20, 1863 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Hanau, Germany

Also Known As

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
The Brothers Grimm

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Jacob Grimm

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.