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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 the elder of the Brothers Grimm and the editor of Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
Born: 4 January 1785 in Hanau
Died: 20 September 1863
Gender: Male
Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
Grimm's household tales / edited & partly translated anew by Marian Edwardes ; with illustrations by R. Anning Bell - London; New York: 1901 (1936)
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Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
Hans in luck / the story by the Brothers Grimm; with pictures by Felix Hoffmann - London: 1975
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Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
King thrushbeard / the story by the Brothers Grimm; with pictures by Felix Hoffmann - London: 1970
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Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
About wisemen and simpletons: twelve tales from Grimm / translated by Elizabeth Shub; etchings by Nonny Hogrogian - New York: 1971
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