Grimm, Jacob &. Wilhelm

Brothers Jacob (1785 1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786 1859) were German academics and linguists who spent years collecting popular fairy tales and folk tales. Their resulting compilation of over 200 stories Kinder- und Hausmarchen (Children s and household tales) is one of the most famous collections of tales in the world, influencing generations of writers, artists, academics, composers, filmmakers, and animators.