== beginning of a draft of more adequate version of hoffmann article == Early life and education Hoffmann was born in Frankfurt to an architect father, Philipp Hoffmann, who was responsible for the city's streets and waterways. Hoffmann's mother died when he was a baby. His father later married her sister, Antoinette Lausberg, who was a loving and more than adequate mother to him. Lazy and easily distracted, Hoffmann at first struggled at school, especially in mathematics, but became a successful student after conforming to the strict working discipline imposed by his demanding father. At university in Heidelberg, he immersed himself into the corps student culture aptly portrayed by Mark Twain (in his ??). His zest for dueling was
== beginning of a draft of more adequate version of hoffmann article == Early life and education Hoffmann was born in Frankfurt to an architect father, Philipp Hoffmann, who was responsible for the city's streets and waterways. Hoffmann's mother died when he was a baby. His father later married her sister, Antoinette Lausberg, who was a loving and more than adequate mother to him. Lazy and easily distracted, Hoffmann at first struggled at school, especially in mathematics, but became a successful student after conforming to the strict working discipline imposed by his demanding father. At university in Heidelberg, he immersed himself into the corps student culture aptly portrayed by Mark Twain (in his??). His zest for dueling was to