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Jacob Grimm
Born	Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (1785-01-04)4 January 1785 Hanau, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire
Died	20 September 1863(1863-09-20) (aged 78) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Alma mater	University of Marburg

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863), also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. He was the discoverer of Grimm's law of linguistics. He was the co-author of the Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie, and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

He was the older brother of Wilhelm Grimm, of the literary duo the Brothers Grimm.

Jacob Grimm died on 20 September 1863, in Berlin, Germany from disease^[1][2]

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