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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.
- Brothers Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jacob Grimm (right), portrayed by...
- Grimms' Fairy Tales
Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and...
- Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm were German folklorists and linguists who are best known for their Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1812–22), which led to the modern study of folklore. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm together compiled other collections of folk music and folk literature, and Jacob did important work in historical linguistics and philology.
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm war ein deutscher Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftler. Er gilt als Begründer der deutschen Philologie und Altertumswissenschaft. Sein Lebenslauf und Werk sind eng mit denen seines ein Jahr jüngeren Bruders Wilhelm Grimm verbunden, worauf die oft gebrauchte Bezeichnung Brüder Grimm hinweist.
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (Hanau, January 4, 1785 — Berlin, September 20, 1863), German philologist, jurist and mythologist, was born at Hanau, in Hesse-Kassel. He is best known as a recorder of folklore, or fairy tales, one of the Brothers Grimm.
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Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Brothers Grimm . Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Jacob (right) and Wilhelm Grimm, oil portrait by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, 1855; in the National-Galerie, Berlin. Brothers Grimm, German folklorists and philologists.
