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Jacob Grimm
Jacob Grimm was born on January 4, 1785 in Hanau and died on September 20, 1863, aged 78.
Born
January 4, 1785
Jacob Grimm died aged 78.
Died: September 20, 1863
Source:
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- Birthplace
- Hanau, Henau
- Professions
- lexicographer, historian, literary scholar, legal historian, anthropologist, secretary of legation, university teacher, linguist, writer, politician, collector of fairy tales, philologist, jurist, translator, poet lawyer, law librarian, children's writer, librarian, mythologist, mythographer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia, Electorate of Hesse
More about Jacob Grimm
- Zodiac sign
- Capricorn
- Birth name
- Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm
Family
- Sibling
- Ludwig Emil Grimm
- Sibling
- Wilhelm Grimm
All birth date sources
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- The Fine Art Archive Db
- Internet Broadway Database
- Frankfurter Personenlexikon
- SNAC
- KNAW Past Members
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- GeneaStar
- Babelio
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
- Nationalencyklopedin
- BD Gest'
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- Integrated Authority File
- Find a Grave
- filmportal.de
- BnF authorities
- Roglo
- NooSFere
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Quick answers
When was Jacob Grimm born?
Jacob Grimm was born on January 4, 1785 in Hanau and died on September 20, 1863, aged 78.
How old was Jacob Grimm when they died?
Jacob Grimm died aged 78.