Born January 4 – Jacob Grimm

About Jacob Grimm

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was born January 4, 1785, to Philipp and Dorothea Grimm, in Hanau, Germany. He was the eldest of nine children, eight boys and a girl. Young Jacob was especially close to his brother Wilhelm, who was just one year younger. The boys attended a school for classical education.

Their father, a lawyer, died from pneumonia when Jacob was only 11 years old. Determined to have her sons continue their education, their mother sent them to her home town of Kasse...