Ferdinand Philipp Grimm
Grimm, Ferdinand Philipp
December 18, 1788 – January 6, 1845 (aged 56)
Birth place: Hanau, Landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, Holy Roman Empire
German folkorist, younger brother of Wilhelm Grimm & Jacob Grimm; like them he set out to collect common fairy tales & stories. Older brother of the artist Ludwig Emil Grimm. Also used the pseudonyms Lothar, Otto Karl von Graeven, Philipp von Steinau & Friedrich Grimm.