Hermann Eduard von Holst | |
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Born | 19 June 1841 |
Died | 20 January 1904 | (aged 62)
Nationality | Baltic German |
Spouse |
Annie Isabelle Hatt (m. 1872) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Dorpat (BA) Heidelberg University (PhD) |
Thesis | (1865) |
Doctoral advisor | Ludwig Häusser |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Freiburg |
Doctoral students | Albert Bushnell Hart |
Hermann Eduard von Holst (June 19, 1841 – January 20, 1904) was a German-American historian and author. von Holst' emigrated to the United States and wrote extensively on the Constitution of the United States, largely from an anti-slavery perspective.