Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) was a German linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm’s law of linguistics, the co-author of the monumental ‘The German Dictionary’ (English translation), the largest and most comprehensive dictionary of the German language in existence. It advanced the contemporary use of German as a language.

His linguistic work explored German history hidden in the words of the German language and is the oldest linguistic history of the Teutonic tribes. He cross-referenced words and allusions from classical literature and tried to determine the relationship between the German language and those of other nations whose languages were known only through Greek and Latin authors.

He was the older brother of Wilhelm Grimm, of the literary duo the brothers Grimm who published folklore during the 19th century.

Together the brothers collected all the folktales they could find, partly from the mouths of the people, partly from manuscripts and books and then they published in 1812-1915, the first edition of ‘Children’s and Household Tales’ (English translation) which has carried the name of the brothers Grimm into every household of the western world.

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