Jacob Grimm

Known for Writing

Jacob Grimm
Born January 3, 1785
Died September 19, 1863 (aged 78)
Place of Birth Hanau, Germany

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.