<p>The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785?1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786?1859), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together specialized in collecting and publishing folklore during the 19th century. They were among the best-known storytellers of folk tales, and popularized stories such as "Cinderella" ("Aschenputtel"), "The Frog Prince" ("Der Froschkönig"), "The ...