Jacob Grimm

The Brothers Grimm

Born January 4, 1785· Hanau, Germany

† Died September 20, 1863

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Emerging from a modest family in Hanau, Jacob Grimm pursued legal studies at the University of Marburg, where exposure to Friedrich von Savigny's lectures sparked a lifelong fascination with historical linguistics. Together with his brother Wilhelm, he collected and edited folk narratives that became the celebrated Grimms' Fairy Tales, while his formulation of Grimm's law laid foundational princip… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources