Jacob Grimm
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 4, 1785
Day of Death: September 20, 1863 (79 years old)
Place of Birth: Hanau, Germany
German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law (linguistics), the co-author with his brother Wilhelm of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales.
