Jacob Grimm

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Jacob Grimm was a German philologist, linguist, and folklorist best known as one of the Brothers Grimm, famous for their collection of fairy tales and foundational work in German linguistics.

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Jacob Grimm canonical 15
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Predicate Object
instanceOf fairy tale collector
folklorist
human
linguist
philologist
university teacher
writer
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
dateOfBirth 1785-01-04
dateOfDeath 1863-09-20
educatedAt University of Marburg NERFINISHED
employer Academy of Sciences at Berlin
University of Göttingen NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup German
familyName Grimm
fieldOfWork German studies
Germanic philology
folklore studies
historical linguistics
law
givenName Jacob
hasPartIn Grimm's law formulation for consonant shifts in Germanic languages
influenced Germanic linguistics
comparative linguistics
folklore studies
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Brothers Grimm
linked to: The Brothers Grimm
movement German Romanticism
linked to: Jena Romanticism
name Jacob Grimm
nativeLanguage German
notableIdea Grimm's law
notableStudent Rudolf Hildebrand NERFINISHED
notableWork Deutsche Grammatik
Deutsche Mythologie
Deutsches Wörterbuch
Grimms' Fairy Tales
Kinder- und Hausmärchen
occupation folklorist
linguist
philologist
university teacher
writer
placeOfBirth Hanau
placeOfDeath Berlin
positionHeld librarian in Kassel
professor at the University of Göttingen
religion Protestantism
sexOrGender male
sibling Wilhelm Grimm
workLocation Berlin
Göttingen
Kassel

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Grimm's law namedAfter Jacob Grimm
The Brave Little Tailor collector Jacob Grimm
The Brothers Grimm mainCharacter Jakob Grimm
linked to: Jacob Grimm
The Robber Bridegroom collector Jacob Grimm
Rapunzel firstPublishedBy Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm name Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm sibling Jacob Grimm
Little Briar Rose author Jacob Grimm
The Frog Prince collector Jacob Grimm
Vuk Karadžić collaboratedWith Jacob Grimm