Jacob Grimm
Date of Birth:
Jan 04, 1785
Place of Birth:
Hanau, Germany
Date of Birth:
Jan 04, 1785
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.