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Writing
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Gender
Man
Birthday
Jan 4, 1785
Day of death
Sep 20, 1863 (78)
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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