Jacob Grimm

Known For
Writing

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Birthday
1785-01-04

Place of Birth
Hanau, Germany

Also Known As

  • Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm

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.

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