Background
Olshausen was born at Glückstadt, studied law at Kiel and Jena, and, for his part in the demagogic disturbances, was forced to live in France and Switzerland until 1830.
Olshausen was born at Glückstadt, studied law at Kiel and Jena, and, for his part in the demagogic disturbances, was forced to live in France and Switzerland until 1830.
He lived and worked for over a decade in the United States. Then he settled in Kiel, and became an ardent advocate of the independence of the provinces. In 1851 he was excluded from the amnesty, went to America, and lived in New York City and Saint Louis.
In the latter city, he was the editor-in-chief of the Westliche Post during the American Civil War.
In 1865, he returned to Hamburg. He died there in 1869.
He was a brother of orientalist Justus Olshausen and theologian Hermann Olshausen.
He was imprisoned in 1846 for his bold opposition, but his influence was all the stronger in the Revolution of 1848, and he became a member of the provisional Government, resigning to enter the Diet.
