Jacob Grimm
Writing
January 4, 1785
Died at age 78
September 20, 1863
Date of Death
Hanau, Germany
Biography
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.