[INST] Summarize this article about the Brothers Grimm./nBrothers Grimm, German Brüder Grimm, German folklorists and linguists best known for their Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812–22; also called Grimm’s Fairy Tales), which led to the birth of the modern study of folklore. Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (b. January 4, 1785, Hanau, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]—d. September 20, 1863, Berlin) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (b. February 24, 1786, Hanau, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]—d. December 16, 1859, Berlin) together compiled other collections of folk music and folk literature, and Jacob in particular did important work in historical linguistics and Germanic philology, which included the formulation of Grimm’s law. They were among the most important German scholars of their time. [/INST]  ###Response: The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were German folklorists and linguists known for their famous collection of fairy tales, which led to the modern study of folklore; they also compiled other collections of folk music and literature, and Jacob made significant contributions to historical linguistics and Germanic philology, including the formulation of Grimm's law, making them important scholars of their time.