THE DATE BEHIND THE NAME
Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm was born on February 24, 1786 in Hanau and died on December 16, 1859.
Born
February 24, 1786
Died: December 16, 1859
Source:
Synchronized from Wikidata on 2026-10-05.
- Birthplace
- Hanau
- Professions
- children's writer, philologist, collector of fairy tales, librarian, mythographer, linguist, literary scholar, pedagogue, lexicographer, anthropologist, writer, jurist, Germanist, university teacher, law librarian
- Citizenship
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Kingdom of Prussia
More about Wilhelm Grimm
- Zodiac sign
- Pisces
- Birth name
- Wilhelm Karl Grimm
Family
- Sibling
- Ludwig Emil Grimm
- Child
- Herman Grimm
- Sibling
- Jacob Grimm
All birth date sources
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- NooSFere
- KNAW Past Members
- Frankfurter Personenlexikon
- Roglo
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Proleksis Encyclopedia
- The Fine Art Archive
- filmportal.de
- GeneaStar
- Geni
- International Music Score Library Project
- BnF authorities
- Integrated Authority File
- SNAC
- Internet Broadway Database
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
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Quick answers
When was Wilhelm Grimm born?
Wilhelm Grimm was born on February 24, 1786 in Hanau and died on December 16, 1859.
How old was Wilhelm Grimm when they died?
An exact age is omitted because the recorded dates are incompatible or not precise enough.