Peter Hoffmann (historian)

Peter Hoffmann FRSC
Hoffmann in 2008
Born	Peter C. W. Hoffmann (1930-08-13)13 August 1930 Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Died	6 January 2023(2023-01-06) (aged 92) Montreal, Canada
Nationality	German
Occupation	Professor
Parent	Wilhelm Hoffmann [de]
Academic background
Thesis	The diplomatic relations between Wurtemberg and Bavaria from the Crimean War and the beginning of the Italian Crisis (1961)
Doctoral advisor	Franz Schnabel
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	German resistance against Nazism
Institutions	McGill University

Peter C. W. Hoffmann FRSC (13 August 1930 – 6 January 2023) was a German-Canadian historian who was the William Kingsford Professor^[1] in the Department of History at McGill University. His principal area of research dealt with the German resistance against Nazism, and in particular, the resistance efforts of Claus von Stauffenberg. Hoffmann lived in Canada and in Germany.