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1786 – 1859Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)Died 16 December 1859, aged 73Wilhelm Grimm was a German philologist who, with his brother Jacob, collected and published the folk tales known as Grimms' Fairy Tales. Their work also included pioneering studies in Germanic linguistics and the launch of the Deutsches Worterbuch. He died in Berlin less than four years after his brother.