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Which renowned writer or collector of folk tales is equally famous as a philologist and the compiler of a massive dictionary?
a. Hans Christian Anderson
b. Giambattista Basile
c. Jacob Grimm
d. Charles Perrault
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Jacob Grimm

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born

January 04, 1785

died

September 20, 1863

gender

male

place of birth

Hanau, Hesse-Kassel, Germany

website

http://www.jacobgrimm.com/

genre

Children's Books, History, Nonfiction

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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, German philologist, jurist and mythologist, was born at Hanau, in Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental German Dictionary, his Deutsche Mythologie and more popularly, with his brother Wilhelm, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

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books by Jacob Grimm

avg rating: 4.28 | 4,991 ratings | 341 reviews | 180 distinct works | 2 fans

	The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Josef Scharl (Illustrator), Margaret Hunt (Translator), James Stern (Editor), Padraic Colum (Contributor), Joseph Campbell (Contributor) avg rating 4.28 — 3,036 ratings — published 1812 164 editions	my rating:
	The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Maria Tatar (Translator), George Cruikshank (Illustrator), Arthur Rackham (Illustrator) avg rating 4.42 — 231 ratings — published 2004 2 editions	my rating:
	The Bremen Town Musicians by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Lisbeth Zwerger (Illustrator) avg rating 4.04 — 68 ratings — published 1975 42 editions	my rating:
	Grimms' Fairy Tales and Anderson's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Wilhelm Grimm avg rating 4.27 — 26 ratings — published 1998	my rating:
	Cinderella (Once Upon a Time Board Book) by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Aleksey Ivanov, Olga Ivanov avg rating 3.89 — 28 ratings — published 1979 6 editions	my rating:
	The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats: A Fairy Tale by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Molly Stevens, Claudine Routiaux (Illustrator) avg rating 4.00 — 16 ratings — published 1969 18 editions	my rating:
	Vintage Fear: "The Complete Fairy Tales", "The Bloody Chamber" by Jacob Grimm, Angela Carter, Wilhelm Grimm avg rating 4.21 — 14 ratings — published 2007	my rating:
	Cinderella and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm Book and Charm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Julia Simon-Kerr (Editor) avg rating 4.43 — 7 ratings — published 2005	my rating:
	Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Carl Grimm, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator), Mrs. Edgar Lucas (Translator) avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 1906 3 editions	my rating:
	The 12 Dancing Princesses by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Suçie Stevenson, Jane Ray (Illustrator) avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 1995 3 editions	my rating: