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Jacob Grimm

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Jacob Grimm

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Full Name: Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
Born: January 4, 1785
Hanau, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire
Died: September 20, 1863
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Occupation: Librarian, Mythologist, Philologist
Nationality: German
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Biography

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, was a German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law of linguistics, the co-author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie, and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales. He was the older brother of Wilhelm Grimm, of the literary duo the Brothers Grimm.

Jacob Grimm was born in Hanau in Hesse-Kassel. His father, Philipp Grimm, was a lawyer who died while Jacob was a child, and his mother was left with a very small income. Her sister was lady of the chamber to the Landgravine of Hesse, and she helped to support and educate the family. Jacob was sent to the public school at Kassel in 1798 with his younger brother Wilhelm.


Works in the WWEnd Database

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 Tolkien's Bookshelf

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