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Persoonlijke gegevens Wilhelm Karl Grimm 

• Hij is geboren op 24 februari 1786 in Hanau, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Deutschland.
• Hij is overleden op 16 december 1859 in Berlin, Deutschland, hij was toen 73 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven in Berlin, Alter Sankt Mattheus Kirchhof, Schoneberg, Tempelhof-Schöneberg.
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 7 juli 2020.

Gezin van Wilhelm Karl Grimm

Hij is getrouwd met Henriette Dorothea Wild.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 25 mei 1825, hij was toen 39 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Herman Friedrich Grimm  1828-1901

Notities over Wilhelm Karl Grimm

Writer. Younger of Grimm brothers. Their father died when Jacob was young. With financial help of their aunt Jacob and Wilhelm were sent to Kasel to attend the Lyzeum. He worked from 1816 to 1829 as a librarian at Kasel, where his brother served as a secretary. Between 1821 and 1822 the brothers raised extra money by collecting three volumes of folktales. With these publications they wanted to show, that Germans shared a similar culture and advocate the unification process of the small independent kingdoms and principalities. In 1830 brothers moved to Gottingen where Wilhelm become assistant librarian and Jacob librarian. In 1835 Wilhelm was appointed professor, but they were dismissed two years later for protesting against theabrogation of the Hannover constitution by King Ernest Augustus. In 1841 they became professors at the University of Berlin, and worked on German dictionary. Its first volume appeared in 1854. The work, 16 volumes, was finished in the 1960. The Grimm’s wrote down most of the tales from oral narrations, collecting the material mainly from peasants. Among the best-known stories are "Hansel and Gretel," "Cinderella," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "The Golden Goose." Wilhelm married in 1825 with Dorothea Viehmann Wild one of their the most important informants for theirs tales.

Bio by: Jelena

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