Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Language, Linguistics, Philology, Mythology, Folklore
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, German History
Article abstract: Contributions: Remembered as the authors of probably the best-known book of fairy tales in the Western world, the Grimm brothers were two of the most noted philologists of the nineteenth century. They made significant contributions to linguistic theory, folklore, and the study of the German language and its literature.
Early Lives
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born to a rather well-to-do family in a small village in what is now central Germany. Their father was a lawyer, judge, and public servant; however, he died suddenly at the age of...
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