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