Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Younger

He belonged to the circle of Prussian reformers, and supported many liberal policies, including bilingual education in Silesia.

After his mother's death the boy was sent to the Burgschule at Königsberg, and remained in the care of his uncle, the satirist Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder.

At the age of nineteen, he was Auskultator, at twenty an articled clerk (Referendar), and at twenty-four King's Counsel (Justizrat) at Marienwerder (Kwidzyn).

Having been obliged to sell his uncle's estate of Gut Leistenau two years earlier, he moved first to Berlin, and then to Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), where he died in 1843.

During the Meister Floh affair, Hippel used his influence to defend Hoffmann, and was a frequent visitor during his final illness.