Wilhelm Grimm
German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786-1859) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl;[lower-alpha 1] 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German author and anthropologist. He was the younger brother of Jacob Grimm, of the literary duo the Brothers Grimm.
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Born | Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786-02-24)24 February 1786 Hanau, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel in the Holy Roman Empire |
Died | 16 December 1859(1859-12-16) (aged 73) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia in the German Confederation |
Alma mater | University of Marburg |
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From 1837 to 1841, the Grimm brothers joined five of their colleague professors at the University of Göttingen to form a group known as the Göttinger Sieben (The Göttingen Seven). They protested against Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover.