Hermann Eduard von Holst

Hermann Eduard von Holst
Born19 June 1841
Fellin (now called Viljandi), Russian Empire (now in Estonia)
Died20 January 1904 (1904-01-21) (aged 62)
NationalityBaltic German
Spouse
Annie Isabelle Hatt
(m. 1872)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Dorpat (BA)
Heidelberg University (PhD)
Thesis (1865)
Doctoral advisorLudwig Häusser
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Freiburg
Doctoral studentsAlbert 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.