![]() ![]() 2, he proceeded to the University of Marburg where he studied law, a profession for which he had been destined by his father. Jacob was sent to the public school at Kassel in 1. His mother's sister was lady of the chamber to the Landgravine of Hesse, and she helped to support and educate her numerous family. His father, Philipp Grimm, was a lawyer, but he died while Jacob was a child, and his mother was left with very small means. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law (linguistics), the co- author with his brother Wilhelm of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as the elder of the Brothers Grimm and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales.Life and booksJacob Grimm was born in Hanau, in Hesse- Kassel. 3) was a Germanphilologist, jurist, and mythologist. ![]()
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