Lippius was born in
Strasbourg, the son of the pastor of St. Peter, Johann Lippius (1554–1622), and his wife Susanna Klehmann. In early childhood, he had already received education in languages and the seven liberal arts, which allowed him to be appointed at the
University of Strasbourg to the Master of Philosophy at a young age. By his twenty-first birthday he had given private and university lectures, after which he entered the
University of Leipzig, 1606, the
University of Wittenberg, the
University of Frankfurt (Oder), the
University of Jena, where he became adjunct of the faculty of philosophy, and the
University of Erfurt. He died in
Speyer, aged 27. ==References==