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| The Grimm Brothers |
The Grimm Brothers, famous Fairy Tales and Folk story writers
Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm known as The Grimm Brothers. They were born in Ganau, Germany. Jacob Grimm was the second son of their parents, was born on 4th January, 1785 and Wilhelm Grimm was the third son, was born on 24th of February, 1786. From their early youth, the brothers were very close friends until their death. They were always complementing each other.
The Brothers Grimm were a large family of nine children, eight boys and one girl. Their father, Philipp Wilhelm Grimm was a lawyer. After his death, the Grimms were able to finish their education only thanks to the kindness of their aunt and they set out to Kassel to attend law school and to follow in their father’s footsteps.
The Brothers Grimm showed their luminous abilities while they were still young. After a graduation at the Kassel School, the Grimms were continued their education at Marburg University with the firm intention to become lawyers. They listened to lectures at the Law School and studied legal science, but their natural tendencies led them in a fully different direction to the study of German and foreign literature.
The Brothers Grimm had been collecting fairy tales from the people of Kassel since the early 1800’s. Generally, they had collected this from a favorite local storyteller named Marie Muller. After their graduation, the Grimms decided to inspect the manuscripts with ancient German literature and continued their research in this area until the end of their life.
Between (1805–1809), Jacob Grimm was a librarian to Jerome Bonaparte in Vilhelmsheg. After the war with France, Jacob Grimm received a task from the Elector of Kassel - to go to Paris and return to Kassel Library manuscripts which were stolen from the French.
The Grimm Brothers published their first volume of eighty-six stories and tales in 1812. In 1814 the second volume contained seventy stories. The stories got a huge success and the brothers were recognized for their work in 1819 with honorary doctorates from Marburg University.
