Wilhelm Grimm

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fairy tale collector folklorist human philologist writer

Wilhelm Grimm was a 19th-century German philologist and folklorist best known, alongside his brother Jacob, for collecting and publishing traditional fairy tales such as "Cinderella" and "Snow White."

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Label Occurrences
Wilhelm Grimm canonical 14

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fairy tale collector ⓘ
folklorist ⓘ
human ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
burialPlace Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin ⓘ
child Hermann Grimm ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1786-02-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1859-12-16 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Marburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Grimm ⓘ
fieldOfWork German philology ⓘ
folklore studies ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ
genre fairy tale ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
givenName Wilhelm ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
memberOf The Brothers Grimm ⓘ
surface form: Brothers Grimm
movement Romanticism ⓘ
surface form: German Romanticism
notableFor collecting German folk tales ⓘ
contributions to German linguistics ⓘ
publishing fairy tales with Jacob Grimm ⓘ
notableWork Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
surface form: Grimms' Fairy Tales

Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
surface form: Kinder- und Hausmärchen
occupation folklorist ⓘ
librarian ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hanau ⓘ
placeOfDeath Berlin ⓘ
positionHeld professor at University of Berlin ⓘ
professor at University of Göttingen ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence Berlin ⓘ
Göttingen ⓘ
Kassel ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Jacob Grimm ⓘ
spouse Henriette Dorothea Wild ⓘ
workSubject Cinderella (fairy tale) ⓘ
surface form: Cinderella

Brothers Grimm fairy tales ⓘ
surface form: German folk tales

Blancanieves ⓘ
surface form: Snow White

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum → namedAfter → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
Wilhelm → notableBearer → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
The Brave Little Tailor → collector → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin → notableBurial → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
The Brothers Grimm → mainCharacter → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
The Robber Bridegroom → collector → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
Rapunzel → firstPublishedBy → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
Jacob Grimm → sibling → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
Commission for the Complete Edition of the Works of the Brothers Grimm → namedAfter → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
Brothers Grimm fairy tales → compiler → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
Brothers Grimm fairy tales → collector → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
German Fairy Tale Route → associatedWith → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
Little Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm → author → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ
subject surface form: Little Briar Rose
The Frog Prince → collector → Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ