1785–1863
Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist
78years old at death
28,747days lived
68%of the people on this site died younger
Jacob Grimm was born on 4 January 1785 and died on 20 September 1863, aged 78 years and 259 days. That is 28,747 days in all.
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