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Wilhelm Grimm


Born
in Hanau, Hesse-Kassel, Germany
February 24, 1786

Died
December 16, 1859

Genre
Folk Tales, History, Nonfiction

Influences
Giambattista Basile ...more


One year after Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm started studying law at the University of Marburg, his younger brother, German author Wilhelm Karl Grimm, followed.

In 1825, Wilhelm married Henriette Dorothea Wild, also known as Dortchen. Together they parented four children: Jakob Grimm (1826-1826), Herman Friedrich Grimm (1828-1901), Rudolf Georg Grimm (1830-1889), and Auguste Luise Pauline Marie (1832-1919).

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. They protested against Ernst August, king of Hanover, whom they accused of violating the constitution. The king fired all seven professors.

Wilhelm Grimm died in Berlin.

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Dear Mili
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The Big Book of Grimm (Fact...
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Classics Reimagined, Grimm'...
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Grimm's Fairy Tales: Comple...
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Les contes des frères Grimm
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Snow White And The Seven Dw...
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“Mirror, mirror, here I stand. Who is the fairest in the land?”
― Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Grimm'S Fairy Tales
tags: fairest, mirror, snow-white
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“He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards be despised by you”
― Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Grimm'S Fairy Tales
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“Then her envious heart had peace, as much as an envious heart can have.”
― Grimm Brothers, Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
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