Gotthard Arthus was born in Danzig on 11 January 1568.^[1] In 1589 he matriculated at the University of Jena,^[1] graduating Master of Arts in 1592.^[2] Four years later a Johann Arthus matriculated who may have been a relation.^[1] In 1595 he was appointed to the city school in Frankfurt on Main, becoming deputy head in 1618.^[2]

He died in Frankfurt on 15 February 1628.^[1]

Among his publications is a continuation of Michael ab Isselt's Mercurius Gallobelgicus, for the years 1603-1626, printed in Frankfurt and distinct from the Cologne continuation.^[2] He was also a translator from Dutch.

• Historia Indiae orientalis (Frankfurt, 1600)
• Historia chronologica Pannoniae (Frankfurt, 1608)
• Cometa orientalis: kurtze Beschreibung desz newen Cometen (Frankfurt, 1619; available on Gallica.fr) – a discussion of the Great Comet of 1618.
• Commentariorum de rebus in Regno Antichristi memorabilibus (3 vols., Frankfurt, 1620)
• Sleidanus redivivus (Frankfurt, 1618) – a continuation of Johannes Sleidanus, Commentariorum de statu religionis et reipublicae
• Mercurius Gallobelgicus succenturiati (Frankfurt, 1603-1626)