Jacob Grimm, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jacob Grimm

German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1785

Place of Birth: Hanau, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Sep-1863

Profession: writer, politician, librarian, jurist, translator, poet lawyer, Secretary of Legation, university teacher, law librarian, legal historian, anthropologist, children's writer, philologist, linguist, lexicographer, mythologist, literary scholar, mythographer, collector of fairy tales

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Jacob Grimm

  • Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863), also known as Ludwig Karl, 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 elder of the Brothers Grimm.

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