August von Trott zu Solz

August Bodo Wilhelm Clemens Paul von Trott zu Solz (29 December 1855 – 27 October 1938) was a German politician.

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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). Vol. 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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