Holst
HERMANN EDUARD VON, a German-American historian; born in Fellin, Livonia, Russia, June 19, 1841.
Coming to the United States in 1866, he engaged in literary work and lecturing; he returned to Europe, becoming professor in the universities of Strassburg (1872) and Freiburg (1874); appointed professor in the University of Chicago (1892). He has written: "Constitutional and Political History of the United States"; "Lives" of John C. Calhoun and John Brown; "Constitutional Law of the United States"; "The French Revolution Tested by Mirabeau's Career"; etc. He died Jan. 20, 1904. HOLSTEIN (hōl'stin), a duchy of Germany, formerly belonging to Denmark, and now an appanage of the kingdom of Prussia. By decree of Jan. 1, 1869, the duchy of Holstein was united to the duchy of Schleswig, to form the province of Schleswig-Holstein. By the terms of the Peace Treaty of 1919 Denmark regained, through a plebiscite, that northern part of Schleswig-Holstein principally inhabitated by Danes.