Jacob Grimm

Jacob Grimm
Born
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm

(1785-01-04)4 January 1785
Died20 September 1863(1863-09-20) (aged 78)
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
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Alma materUniversity of Marburg
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Notable studentsWilhelm Dilthey
InfluencedAugust Schleicher[1]
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Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863), also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He formulated Grimm's law of linguistics, and was the co-author of the Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie, and the editor of Grimms' Fairy Tales. He was the older brother of Wilhelm Grimm; together, they were the literary duo known as the Brothers Grimm.

  1. ^ Hadumod Bußmann, Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics, Routledge, 1996, p. 85.