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Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jacob Grimm (right), portrayed by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1855) The Brothers Grimm (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 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.
Apr 8, 2024 · Grimm’s Fairy Tales is a classic and influential collection of folklore by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, first published in two volumes as Kinder -und Hausmarchen (1812–15; ‘Children’s and Household Tales’) and later revised and enlarged seven times between 1819 and 1857.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 24, 2019 · Jacob (standing) and Wilhelm Grimm in a daguerreotype from circa 1850. Photograph by AKG/Album. By Isabel Hernández. September 24, 2019. • 9 min read. Folktales are as old as human...
Jun 11, 2020 · Wilhelm Grimm and his older brother Jacob studied German folklore and oral traditions, publishing a collection of stories eventually known as Grimms’ Fairy Tales which includes narratives...
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Apr 2, 2014 · Wilhelm Grimm was a 19th century German author who, along with brother Jacob, published 'Grimms' Fairy Tales,' a collection famous for stories like 'Cinderella' and 'Rapunzel.' Updated: Aug...
Jacob Grimm became inspired by the lectures of Friedrich Carl von Savigny, a noted expert of Roman law; Wilhelm Grimm, in the preface to the Deutsche Grammatik (German Grammar), credits Savigny with giving the brothers an awareness of science.
