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Robert von Hippel

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Robert Wilhelm Ferdinand von Hippel (8 July 1866[1] - 16 June 1951[2]) was a German jurist and University lecturer born in Königsberg.

Family

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Robert was the son of Arthur von Hippel (physician) and elder brother of Eugen von Hippel and Richard von Hippel (1869-1918). He married Emma Bremer (1871-1925) in Strasbourg during 1894 and was the father of four children, including German-American physicist Arthur R. von Hippel. After the death of his first wife, he married Johanna von Koenen (1882-1965), the daughter of Adolf von Koenen, in Göttingen during 1927.[3][4]

Career

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After graduating from high school, he devoted himself to studying law at the University of Marburg, and in 1888 he obtained a doctorate in law. He subsequently worked as a trainee lawyer before becoming an assistant to Franz von Liszt in 1889. He became a professor at University of Kiel in 1891 and University of Strasbourg in 1892, before becoming a professor of criminal law at University of Rostock in 1895. He finally became a professor at the University of Göttingen in 1899. In 1914, he was promoted to privy councillor of justice.[4]

Works

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  • Die Vorschläge zur Einführung der bedingten Verurtheilung in Deutschland, Enke, 1890
  • Aktenstücke zum Strafprozess für Lehrzwecke, S. Hirzel, 1898
  • Willensfreiheit und Strafrecht, I. Guttentag, 1903
  • Verbrechen und Vergehen wider die öffentliche Ordnung, Liebmann, 1906
  • Deutsches Strafrecht, 2 Bände, J. Springer, 1925–1930
  • Die Entstehung der modernen Freiheitsstrafe und des Erziehungs-Strafvollzugs, Thüringische Gefängnisgesellschaft, 1931
  • Der deutsche Strafprozeß: Lehrbuch, Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1941

References

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  1. ^ Professors and lecturers at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 1665–1915, Retrieved 2 March 2021
  2. ^ History of Göttingen 1951, Published 28 November 2015, Retrieved 2 March 2021
  3. ^ Arthur Robert von Hippel autobiography: Ancestry and Early Years, Retrieved 2 March 2021
  4. ^ a b Hippel, Robert von - University of Rostock catalogue, Published 11 October 2010, Retrieved 2 March 2021
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