Jacob Grimm
Birth date
January 4, 1785
Death date
September 20, 1863
Place of birth
Hanau, Germany
Profession
Writing
Age
78 years
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.
Also known as
Jacob Ludwig Carl GrimmThe Brothers Grimm
