Johann Wolfgang Kipping

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Johann Wolfgang Kipping (born April 2, 1695 in Bayreuth , † February 2, 1747 in Helmstedt ) was a German lawyer and professor at the University of Helmstedt .

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Johann Wolfgang Kipping studied law in Jena and Halle. Christian Thomasius, a natural lawyer, was one of his academic teachers .

After completing his studies, he first took up practical work and in 1720 became an adjunct at the court secretary Langen in Bayreuth. In 1724 he became margravial secretary at the Bayreuth prince's court, in 1727 archivist and in 1728 secret secretary and councilor. After the death of Margrave Friedrich Karl he was dismissed.

Kipping now embarked on an academic career and held legal lectures at the University of Jena as a private lecturer. In 1737 he was offered a chair for constitutional law and history at the philosophical faculty of the University of Helmstedt . After receiving his doctorate in law in 1741, he was also given a full professorship in law and became an assessor in the law faculty. Kipping died in 1747. At his death he was over-indebted; the university took over the regulation of the estate.

The scientific works of Kipping were mainly devoted to canon law .

Works (selection)

  • Commutatio de usucapione juris publici. 1738.
  • Prolusio de statu religionis ante pacem Rysvicensem. 1738.
  • Prolusiones jur. eccles. recte constituendi s. comment. de sacerdotio novi foederis et de rationibus sacrorum solemnium, adj. est apologeticus pro Martino Luthero combusti juris canonici reo. Helmstedt 1744.
  • Syntagma juris ecclesiastici. Brunswick 1752.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Albert Teichmann:  Kipping, Johann Wolfgang . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 787 .; Wolfgang Lent: Kipping, Johann Wolfgang . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, p. 395 mw
  2. ↑ See Wolfgang Lent: Kipping, Johann Wolfgang . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, p. 395 mwNachw .; Johann Wolfgang Kipping . In: Johann Friedrich von Schulte : The history of the sources and literature of Canon law from Gratian to the present. Stuttgart, F.Enke 1875ff., Volume 3, pp. 115f.
personal data
SURNAME Kipping, Johann Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kipping, Johann Wolffgang; Kipping, Johannes Wolfgang; Kipping, Johannes Guolfgangius; Kippingius, Johannes Guolfgangus; Kippingius, Johannes Guolfgangius; Kippingius, Joannes Guolfgangus; Kippingius, Ioannes Guolfgangus; Kippingius, Ioannes Volfgangus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1695
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayreuth
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1747
Place of death Helmstedt