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Wilhelm Grimm

1786 - 1859

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Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German author, philologist and anthropologist. He was the younger brother of Jacob Grimm, of the literary duo the Brothers Grimm. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Grimm is the 408th most popular writer (down from 338th in 2019), the 373rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 291st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Writer.

Wilhelm Grimm was a German fairy tale collector and compiler, along with his brother Jacob. His most famous work is the Grimm's Fairy Tales.

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Among writers, Wilhelm Grimm ranks 408 out of 7,302. Before him are Verner von Heidenstam, Ghalib, Graham Greene, Susan Sontag, Livius Andronicus, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.. After him are Jorge Amado, W. B. Yeats, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Sándor Petőfi, and Wu Cheng'en.

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Among people born in 1786, Wilhelm Grimm ranks 6. Before him are Carl Maria von Weber, William R. King, Christian VIII of Denmark, Ludwig I of Bavaria, and François Arago. After him are John Vianney, Marie Walewska, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Friedrich Kuhlau, and Davy Crockett. Among people deceased in 1859, Wilhelm Grimm ranks 7. Before him are Alexander von Humboldt, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Klemens von Metternich, Alexis de Tocqueville, Oscar I of Sweden, and Thomas Babington Macaulay. After him are Carl Ritter, Thomas De Quincey, John Vianney, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Josip Jelačić, and Washington Irving.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Grimm ranks 373 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Thomas Müntzer (1489), Hermann Müller (1876), Adolf Dassler (1900), and Sophie Scholl (1921). After him are Emil Kraepelin (1856), Peter Simon Pallas (1741), Franz Halder (1884), George Paget Thomson (1892), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), and Pope Victor II (1018).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wilhelm Grimm ranks 23. Before him are Eckhart Tolle (1948), Jacob Grimm (1785), Ernst Jünger (1895), Michael Ende (1929), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), and Karl May (1842). After him are Einhard (770), Traudl Junge (1920), Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Erich Kästner (1899), Heinrich Mann (1871), and August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767).

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