The Brothers Grimm (German: die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore.

Dec 17, 2025 · The Brothers Grimm are best known for their collection of folklore and fairy tales called Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812–22; “Children’s and Household Tales”), known in the English …

Hard by a great forest dwelt a wood-cutter with his wife, who had an only child, a little girl three years old. They were so poor, however, that they no longer had daily bread, and did not know how to get …

Jacob Grimm (1785 - 1863) and Wilhem Grimm (1786 - 1859) are the famous German brothers who collaborated as authors, philologists, cultural researchers, and lexicographers to create the best …

UW alumna and UC Boulder professor Ann Schmiesing recently wrote a biography on Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. While both men died before Otto von Bismarck unified Germany in 1871, the …

The brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm were German scholars known for their fairy tales and for their work in the study of different languages, which included the creation of "Grimm's law."

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm passed away on September 20, 1863, and Wilhelm Carl Grimm followed on December 16, 1859. Their extensive work on folklore, fairy tales, and linguistics remains their most …

Between 1812 and 1822, the brothers Grimm wrote in the writing of his first publication: Children’s stories and of the home, a collection of stories in which they expressed different popular traditions of …

The brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are invariably associated with their collection of “Children’s and Household Tales” and the creation of the “German Dictionary”, but their life also reflects Germany’s …

The Brothers Grimm collected orally transmitted German tales and published the first series as Kinder- und Hausmärchen ("Children's and Household Tales") in 1812.