Alexander von Hoffman

Alexander von Hoffman
Born
Alexander Carl von Hoffman

(1951-07-11) July 11, 1951 (age 73)
Occupation(s)Urban planner
Historian
SpouseGlenna Lang
ChildrenEsmé von Hoffman
Parent(s)Nicholas von Hoffman (father)
Anne Cremin Byrne (mother)
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University
ThesisThe Making of the Modern City: The Development of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 1632-1920 (1986)

Alexander Carl von Hoffman (born July 11, 1951, in United States) is an American urban planner and historian. He is currently Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Senior Research Fellow at Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies. He is a specialist on the history and policy of housing, particularly of low-income housing policy in the United States.