Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Younger

Theodor Gottlieb Hippel, from 1790 von Hippel was a Prussian statesman, the friend of E. T. A. Hoffmann, and the author of Frederick William III's proclamation An Mein Volk (1813). He belonged to the circle of Prussian reformers, and supported many liberal policies, including bilingual education in Silesia.