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Jacob Grimm

Born

in Hanau, Hesse-Kassel, Germany

January 04, 1785

Died

September 20, 1863

Genre

Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Nonfiction

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German philologist and folklorist Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm in 1822 formulated Grimm's Law, the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859), he collected Germanic folk tales and published them as Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812-1815).

Indo-European stop consonants, represented in Germanic, underwent the regular changes that Grimm's Law describes; this law essentially states that Indo-European p shifted to Germanic f, t shifted to th, and k shifted to h. Indo-European b shifted to Germanic p, d shifted to t, and g shifted to k. Indo-European bh shifted to Germanic b, dh shifted to d, and gh shifted to g.

This jurist and mythologist also authored the monumental German Dictionary and his ...more

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	The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Josef Scharl (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 221,278 ratings — published 1812 — 766 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow White by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Ειρήνη Μάρρα (Translator), Camille Rose Garcia (Illustrator), Frédéric Kédémos 4.08 avg rating — 4,717 ratings — published 1812 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brothers Grimm: Illuminated Fairy Tales, Vol. 1 by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Kali Ciesemier (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 3,985 ratings — published 1817 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Maria Tatar (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 3,593 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hansel and Gretel 3.82 avg rating — 3,753 ratings — published 1812 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rapunzel by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm 3.80 avg rating — 3,741 ratings — published 1812 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleeping Beauty 3.87 avg rating — 2,024 ratings — published 1697 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow White and Rose Red 3.78 avg rating — 1,575 ratings — published 1827 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Robber Bridegroom (Penguin Little Black Classics, #68) by Jacob Grimm, William Karl Grimm, David Luke (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 1,498 ratings — published 1812 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimm's Grimmest by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Tracy Arah Dockray (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 1,220 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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