Jacob Grimm
(1785-1863)
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist
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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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Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm 4 January 1785 Hanau, Hesse, Germany
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20 September 1863 (aged 78) Berlin, Germany
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