August von Trott zu Solz
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August Bodo Wilhelm Clemens Paul von Trott zu Solz (29 December 1855 – 27 October 1938) was a German politician.
Born in Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) into the noble Trott zu Solz family, he became Minister of Culture of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1909 to 1917, playing a leading role in the founding of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society.
He was the father of Adam von Trott zu Solz.
He died in Nassau, Germany.
Sources[]
- Thomas Klein: Leitende Beamte der allgemeinen Verwaltung in der preußischen Provinz Hessen-Nassau und in Waldeck 1867 bis 1945 (= Quellen und Forschungen zur hessischen Geschichte. Vol.70), Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt, Historische Kommission für Hessen, Darmstadt/Marburg 1988, ISBN 3-88443-159-5, pg.225.
- Benigna von Krusenstjern (2016), "Trott zu Solz, August Bodo Wilhelm Klemens Paul", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), 26, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 457–458; (full text online)
- Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808–1996. Biographischer Index (= Politische und parlamentarische Geschichte des Landes Hessen. Vol.14 = Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Hessen. Vol.48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6, pp.384–385.
- Bernhard Mann: Biographisches Handbuch für das preußische Abgeordnetenhaus. 1867–1918 (= Handbücher zur Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien. Vol.3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7, pp. 390 f.
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- 1855 births
- 1938 deaths
- People from the Electorate of Hesse
- Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences
- Members of the Prussian House of Representatives
- Trott zu Solz family
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