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Born: 4 January 1785 (Jacob) and 24 February 1786 (Wilhelm) Died: 20 September 1863 (Jacob) and 16 December 1859 (Wilhelm) Birthplace: Hanau, Germany Best known as: Authors of Grimm's Fairy Tales The German brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm spent years collecting and researching folk tales early in the 19th century. They published Children's and Household Tales in 1812, a collection which became known as "Grimm's Fairy Tales." The collection included what are now some of the world's most famous stories, including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin. Wilhelm married in 1825, but Jacob never wed and for most of his life lived in his brother's home. The brothers also began a German historical dictionary, the enormous Deutsches Worterbook, which ran to 16 volumes when it was finally completed by others in 1954. Extra credit: The Brothers Grimm, a fictional thriller based (very) loosely on the brothers, was released in 2005. The film starred Matt Damon as Wilhelm and Heath Ledger as Jacob... The Grimm fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red was made into the animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarves by Walt Disney. Disney also adapted Cinderella as an animated short in 1922 and a full feature in 1950. Copyright © 1998-2006 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Brothers Grimm from Infoplease:
- The Brothers Grimm - Starring Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Peter Stormare, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Headey
- The Brothers Grimm: Appendix A. About the Brothers Grimm - The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859), were born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, in the German state of Hesse. Throughout their live
- The Brothers Grimm: Fairy Tales - A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted, and about the time w
- The Brothers Grimm - Biography of The Brothers Grimm, Authors of Grimm's Fairy Tales
- The Brothers Grimm: The Fox and the Cat - It happened that the cat met the fox in a forest, and as she thought to herself: 'He is clever and full of experience, and much esteemed in the world,
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