Grimm

Herman, a German e ayist, critic, and biographer, son of Wilhelm Grimm, born in Ca el Jan. 6, 1828. His most famous work is his “ Life of Michael Angelo.”: Grimm, Jakob Ludwig, a German philologist and literary historian; born in Hanau, He e-Ca el, Jan. 4 1785. The labors of Grimm are of unrivaled importance in the broad field of German literary antiquities. The constant aim of his investigations was to trace the spiritual life of the German people as revealed in their laws, customs, faiths, and poetry. His “ Deutsche Grammatik” is perhaps the greatest philological work of the age and may be said to have laid the foundation of the historical investigation of language. This work, as well as the great ‘‘ Deutsches Worterbuch,” commenced in 1852 in conjunction with his brother Wilhelm, he did not live to complete. He died in Berlin, Sept. 20, 1863.