Jacob Grimm
Writer, Author
1785 – 1863
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Who was Jacob Grimm?
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales.
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- Born
- Jan 4, 1785
Hanau - Also known as
- Jacob Ludwig Grimm
- Jakob Grimm
- Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
- Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm
- Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Karl
- Grimm
- Brüder Grimm
- The Brothers Grimm
- Br. Grimm
- Gebrüder Grimm
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Philipps University of Marburg
- Died
- Sep 20, 1863
Berlin
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on July 23, 2013
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