Grimm

(grim)

  1. Grimm, Jakob (Ludwig Karl) 1785-1863; Ger. philologist
  2. Grimm, Wilhelm (Karl) 1786-1859; Ger. philologist: brother of Jakob, with whom he collaborated in the collection of fairy tales

See Grimm in American Heritage Dictionary 4

German philologist and folklorist who formulated Grimm's Law (1819), the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl (1786-1859) he collected Germanic folk tales and published them as Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812-1815).
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