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Jacob Grimm

Also known as Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, Giacomo Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm, Jacob, Freiherr von Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Grimm

German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)

OverviewAI-generated

Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) was a German author associated with works such as *Kinder Märchen*, *Grimm's Fairy Stories*, and *Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm*. His bibliography includes over one thousand works, with specific counts varying across different databases. He is also linked to the genre of fairy tales and German audiobooks.

Grimm’s writings have been recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His literary output includes titles like *De l'origine du language* and *Aus den Schriften von Jacob Grimm*. He is referenced by numerous other encyclopedia articles, reflecting the breadth of his documented legacy.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born: 1785
Died: 1863
Works: 1011

Top works

De l'origine du language
Kinder Märchen
Aus den Schriften von Jacob Grimm
Grimm's Fairy Stories
Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: Germany
Active to: 1859

clean me upfairy talehas german audiobooks

Discography

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 213
Total plays: 1,035

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A power primer.
· 1992 · cited 41,556x
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,397x
A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales
· 1960 · cited 31,902x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,756x
Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
· 2013 · cited 16,881x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Part of: Göttingen Seven
Given name: Ludwig
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Prussia
Place of birth: Henau
Place of death: Berlin
Father: Philipp Grimm
Occupation: historian
Educated at: University of Marburg
Languages spoken: German
Native language: German
Religion: Catholic Church
Award: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Notable work: Grimms' fairy tales
Participant in: Congress of Vienna
Movement: Romanticism
Image: Jacob Grimm Friedlaender.png
Work location: Berlin

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Commons category: Jacob Grimm
date of birth: 1785-01-04
described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
member of: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
date of death: 1863-00-00
birth name: Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm
place of burial: Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin
manner of death: natural causes
ethnic group: Germans
cause of death: stroke
student: Karl Weinhold
name in native language: Jacob Grimm
writing language: German
partner in business or sport: Wilhelm Grimm
has works in the collection: Anne Frank House
P12749: Gunther Plüschow
Commons Creator page: Jacob Grimm
interested in: linguistics
archives at: Berlin State Library

Sources (15)

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Jacob Grimm, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

~21 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863), also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He formulated Grimm's law of linguistics, and was the co-author of the Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie, and the editor of Grimms' Fairy Tales. He was the older brother of Wilhelm Grimm; together, they were the literary duo known as the Brothers Grimm.

Life and books

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacob Grimm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Jacob Grimm