Brothers Grimm

:This article is about the authors the Brothers Grimm. For information about the fictional movie loosely based on these writers, see The Brothers Grimm.

Biography

Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm and Wilhem Karl Grimm were born in 1785 and 1786, respectively, in Hanau near Frankfurt. They were educated at the Friedrichs Gymnasium in Kassel and later both read law at the University of Marburg. From 1837 until 1841, the Brothers Grimm joined five of their colleague professors at the University of Göttingen. This group came to be known as Die Göttinger Sieben (The Göttingen Seven). They protested against King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, whom they accused of violating the constitution of that state. For this, they were all fired from their university posts by the king. Wilhelm died in 1859; his elder brother Jakob died in 1863. They are buried in the St Matthäus Kirchhof Cemetery in Schöneberg, a district of Berlin.

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1785 - 1786 - Hanau - Frankfurt - Friedrichs - Gymnasium - Kassel - University of Marburg - Göttingen - Ernest Augustus I of Hanover - Constitution - 1859 - 1863 - Schöneberg - Berlin

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