Wilhelm Grimm
1786–1859
Names and Surnames
فلهلم غريم, ヴィルヘルム・グリム, Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Вильгельм Гримм, 威廉·格林, Wilhelm Carl Grimm, Guglielmo Grimm, ヴィルヘルム・カール・グリム
Timeline
- Birth
- 24 Feb 1786, Hanau
- Marriage with Dorothea Grimm
- 15 May 1825
- Death
- 16 Dec 1859, Berlin
- Occupation
- lexicographer
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- anthropologist
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- librarian
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- writer
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- law librarian
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- children's writer
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- pedagogue
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- linguist
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- literary scholar
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- germanist
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- jurist
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- university teacher
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- mythographer
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- collector of fairy tales
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- philologist
- Religion
- Reformed Christianity
- Citizenship
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Employment
- University of Göttingen
- Employment
- Frederick William University Berlin
Relations
Marriages
- Dorothea Grimm (1793–1867)
Children
- Herman Grimm (1828–1901)
- Rudolf Grimm (1830–1889)
- Auguste Grimm (1832–1919)
- Jacob Grimm (1826–1826)
Siblings
- Jacob Grimm (1785–1863)
- Charlotte Amalie Grimm (1793–1833)
- Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790–1863)
- Carl Friedrich Grimm (1787–1852)
- Ferdinand Philipp Grimm (1788–1845)
- Friedrich Hermann Georg Grimm (1783–1784)
- Friedrich Grimm (1791–1792)
- Georg Eduard Grimm (1794–1795)
Parents
- Philipp Grimm (1751–1796)
- Dorothea Grimm (1755–1808)
Biography
German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786–1859)