Birth Name: Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm
Occupation: Novelist
Place Of Birth: Hanau
Date Of Birth: January 4, 1785
Date Of Death: September 20, 1863
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: German
Jacob Grimm was born on the 4th of January, 1785. He was best known for being a Novelist. One half of the Brothers Grimm, he and his brother Wilhelm co-wrote fairytales such as Hansel and Gretel and Snow White. His best-known works include Kinder-und Hausmärchen (Grimms’ Fairy Tales) and Deutsche Mythologie. A noted philologist in addition to a mythologist, he also published the Deutsches Wörterbuch, a comprehensive German dictionary.
Jacob Grimm was born in Hanau. He attended the University of Marburg, where he studied law and became inspired by history and philosophy. He published his earliest work, Über den altdeutschen Meistergesang, in 1811. He taught at the University of Berlin beginning in 1840.
Jacob Grimm was a Capricorn and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Jacob Grimm was born in 1780s.
Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
Jacob’s Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm attended University of Berlin, Germany.
Family
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Jacob Grimm was born in the Year of the Serpent.
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| REAL NAME: | Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm |
| NICKNAME: | Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Capricorn |
| BIRTH DAY: | Tuesday |
| DEATH DAY: | Sunday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Jacob Grimm was a Capricorn. People of this zodiac sign like family, tradition, and dislike almost everything at some point. The strengths of this sign are being responsible, disciplined, good managers, while weaknesses can be to be the know-it-all, unforgiving, condescending and expecting the worst. The greatest overall compatibility with Capricorn is Taurus and Cancer.
Chinese Zodiac: Jacob Grimm was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are often seen as humorous and gifted in literature and art. However, the snake can be overly suspicious, which makes them a bit paranoid.
Ruling Planet: Jacob Grimm had a ruling planet of Saturn and has a ruling planet of Saturn and by astrological associations Saturday is ruled by Saturn. Saturn is a planet of commitment and responsibility, but also restriction and delay. People who are born with Saturn as the ruling planet are disciplined and are hard workers.
Jacob Grimm’s birth sign is Capricorn and he had a ruling planet of Saturn.
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