Jakob and wilhelm grimm biography
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Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist
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.
Life and books
[edit]Jacob Grimm was born 4 January 1785,[2] in Hanau in Hesse-Kassel. His father, Philipp Grimm, was a lawyer who died while Jacob was a child, and his mother Dorothea was left with a very small income. Her sister was the lady of the chamber to the Landgravine of Hesse, and she helped to support and educate the family. Jacob was sent to the public school at Kassel in 1798 with his younger brother Wilhelm.[3]
In 1802, he went to the U
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Brothers Grimm
Brother duo of German academics and folklorists
For other uses, see Brothers Grimm (disambiguation).
The Brothers Grimm (German: die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore. The brothers are among the best-known storytellers of folktales, popularizing stories such as "Cinderella" ("Aschenputtel"), "The Frog Prince" ("Der Froschkönig"), "Hansel and Gretel" ("Hänsel und Gretel"), "Town Musicians of Bremen" ("Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten"), "Little Red Riding Hood" ("Rotkäppchen"), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" ("Rumpelstilzchen"), "Sleeping Beauty" ("Dornröschen"), and "Snow White" ("Schneewittchen"). Their first collection of folktales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), was first published in 1812.
The Brothers Grimm spent their formative years in the town of Hanau in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. Their
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Grimm Brothers - Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
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Get to know the collectors of the famous fairy tales
Once upon a time..., many fairy tales, collected bygd the Grimm Brothers, begin with this phrase.
For centuries, children around the world have been listening to the Brother Grimms' stories spellbound. Even today, in the 21st century, their fairy tales are going strong.
My favourites are Hänsel & Gretel, Cinderella (Aschenputtel) and Little Red Riding Hood (Rotkäppchen).
Jacob Ludwig Carl & Wilhelm Carl Grimm were born in Hanau, Germany. The Grimm family had been living in Hanau for more than 100 years. Their father Philipp was a lawyer and town clerk in Hanau, their mother Dorothea née Zimmer hailed from Kassel in North Hessen.
House were the Grimms spent their childhood
Witches house from Hänsel and Gretel
The original house where the brothers were born in Hanau doesn't