Former member of the Reichstag in Germany. Editor of the anarchist papr Freiheit. A particularly eloquent orator.
– "Johann Joseph Most", Columbia Encyclopedia
– Harvey, A.D., "Research Note: Johann Most in Prison—Three Unpublished Petitions", Terrorism & Political Violence, Winter 1993, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p. 336, 10 p.
Petitions written by Most to prison authorities following his incarceration in England; treatment received during his 16 months imprisonment in Newgate Prison and Cold Bath
Fields.
– Trautmann, Frederic. The Voice of Terror: A Biography of Johann Most.(Contributions in Political Science n. 42) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980.xxv-288 p.

• reviewed by Paul Avrich, American Historical Review, June 1981, Vol. 86 Issue 3, p. 659, 2 p. : criticizes the incomplete research and a "melodramatic tone"