Wilhelm Carl Grimm was bom on February 24, 1786, in the town of Hanau, Gemany, to Dorothe and Philipp Grimm. Wilhelm Grimm was the second oldest of six siblings, and would after embark on an industrious writing and scholarly career with his older brother, Jacob.
     Wilhelm and Jacob studied law at the university of Marburg from 1802 to 1806, following the path of their lawyer father. Due to health issues, Wilhelm didn't start regular employment until 1814, when he obtained a position as secretary at a royal library in Kassel, Gemany, Jacob Grimm would join him there in 1816.
    Influenced by Geman Romanticism, a prevailing movement of the time, the brothers robustly studied the folkore of their region, with an emphasis on recording village oral storytelling that was vanishing with the advent of new technology. Jacob's and Wilhelm's work culminated in the book kinder und hausmachen ( Children's and houschold Tales), the first volume of which was published in 1812. A second volume followed in 1815. The collection would later come to be known as Grimm Fairy Tales, with famous stories that include Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, The Golden Goose, Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella.

How many years was Wilhelm unemployed after completing his degree?