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Grimm, Jacob (Jacob Ludwig Karl), 1785-1863 (German linguist and mythologist)

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Biography

German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law (linguistics), the co-author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie, and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales. He is the elder of the Brothers Grimm.

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Über Die Marcellischen Formeln. By Jacob Grimm and Adolf Pictet, 1855

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Identifier: Coll-98/4/5/4
Scope and Contents

This appears to be a treatise on historical Indo-European linguistics, written by Jacob Grimm and Adolf Pictet. There are mentions of Celtic languages throughout the document.

Dates: 1855