Ferdinand Philipp Grimm
Ferdinand Philipp Grimm (born December 18, 1788 in Hanau ; † January 6, 1845 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German collector of sagas . He is known as the "unknown brother" of the Brothers Grimm .
From 1815 he worked as a proofreader at the Berlin publishing house Reimer and was financially supported by his brothers Jacob and Wilhelm . Dismissed in 1834, he lived with them in Göttingen until 1836 , then as a writer in Wolfenbüttel.
He helped his famous brothers collect legends, but also published three collections of his own under the pseudonyms Lothar, Philipp von Steinau and Friedrich Grimm.
Hartmut Mechtel processed the brothers' conflict literarily in The Unknown Brother Grimm. A board game .
literature
- Ludwig Denecke: Grimm, Ferdinand Philipp . In. Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales 8 (1990), Col. 169-171
- Doris Reimer: Passion & Calculus. The publisher Georg Andreas Reimer (1776-1842) . Berlin / New York 1999
Web links
Commons : Ferdinand Grimm - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Ferdinand Philipp Grimm - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Ferdinand Philipp Grimm in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grimm, Ferdinand Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German collector of sagas |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanau |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1845 |
| Place of death | Wolfenbüttel |