Alexander von Hoffman | |
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| Born | Alexander Carl von Hoffman July 11, 1951 |
| Occupation(s) | Urban planner Historian |
| Spouse | Glenna Lang |
| Children | Esmé von Hoffman |
| Parent(s) | Nicholas von Hoffman (father) Anne Cremin Byrne (mother) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Thesis | The Making of the Modern City: The Development of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 1632-1920 (1986) |
Alexander Carl von Hoffman (born July 11, 1951, in United States) is an American urban planner and historian. He is currently Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Senior Research Fellow at Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies. He is a specialist on the history and policy of housing, particularly of low-income housing policy in the United States.