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Hans Kohn

Born: 15-Sep-1891
Birthplace: Prague, Austrian Empire
Died: 16-Mar-1971
Location of death: Philadelphia, PA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Historian

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Idea of Nationalism

Military service: Austro-Hungarian Army (WWI, prisoner-of-war)

Wife: Jetty Wahl (m. 1921)

    High School: Altstädter Gymnasium
    Law School: JD, Deutsche Karl-Ferdinands-Universität, Prague
    Professor: Smith College
    Professor: City College of New York (1948-61)
    Professor: New School for Social Research

    American Jewish Committee
    Bar Kochba
    Brit Shalom
 
    Taken Prisoner of War 21-Mar-1915

Author of books:
Western Civilization in the Near East (1936, history)
The Idea of Nationalism: A Study in Its Origins and Background (1944, history)
The Twentieth Century: A Midway Account of the Western World (1949, history)
Pan-Slavism: Its History and Ideology (1953, history)
Nationalism: Its Meaning and History (1955, history)
Nationalism and Liberty: The Swiss Example (1956, history)
American Nationalism: An Interpretative Essay (1957, history)
The Mind of Germany: The Education of a Nation (1960, history)
The Habsburg Empire, 1804-1918 (1961, history)
Living in a World Revolution: My Encounters with History (1964, memoir)
Absolutism and Democracy, 1814-1852 (1965, history)
Prelude to Nation-States: The French and German Experience, 1789-1815 (1967, history)


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