The Brothers Grimm -LRB- or '-RRB- Jacob Grimm -LRB- January 4, 1785 â' 'September 20, 1863 -RRB- and Wilhelm Grimm -LRB- February 24, 1786 â' 'December 16, 1859 -RRB- were German academics, linguists and cultural researchers, which collected the old folk tales and published several collections of folk - and fairy tales, called Grimm' s Fairy Tales, which subsequently became very popular.
The Brothers Grimm -LRB- German : Die BrÃ 1 \ / 4 der Grimm, also GebrÃ 1 \ / 4 der Grimm -RRB- were the brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. They were German academics and most famous for their collections of folk tales and fairy tales, and for their work in linguistics.