Jacob Grimm

Biography

German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. 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 one of the Brothers Grimm and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Awards & recognition

• ★Bavarian Maximilian Order — Science and Art · 1853
• ★Knight of the Legion of Honour · 1841
• ★Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• ★Pour le Mérite — Sciences and Arts order