Jacob Grimm

German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)

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Biography

Nationality

Electorate of Hesse

Ethnicity

Germans

Gender

male

Date of birth

January 4, 1785

Occupation

jurist, lexicographer, anthropologist, linguist, philologist, mythologist, librarian, translator, law librarian, children's writer, university teacher, literary scholar, legal historian, secretary of legation, poet lawyer, mythographer, writer, politician, collector of fairy tales, historian

Place of birth

Hanau

Country of birth

Germany

Date of death

September 20, 1863 (78 years)