Henri Welschinger

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Henri Welschinger
Born2 February 1846 Edit this on Wikidata
Muttersholtz Edit this on Wikidata
Died3 November 1919 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 73)

Henri Welschinger (1846–1919) was a French historian, journalist, and litterateur.

Biography[edit]

Henri Welschinger was born on February 2, 1846, in Muttersholtz, a small village located eight kilometers from Sélestat, in the Bas-Rhin, France. He was educated at the petit seminaire of Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris where he received a classical education (Greek, Latin, Logic, Math).[1] He began his career as an archivist at the National Assembly in 1867. Then, he was employed in the highest offices of the Senate. He was director of the law-drafting, the legislative printing and the cabinet minutes. He lived in the Luxembourg Palace for forty-two years. He was elected member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1907, later holding the chair in philosophy and the history there.[2]

Henri Welschinger died on November 3, 1919, in Viroflay, at age 73.

Works[edit]

  • (in French) Le Duc d'Enghien, 1772-1804 (1888)
  • (in French) Le Maréchal Ney, 1815 (1893)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Échos et informations". Revue d'histoire de l'Église de France (in French). Vol. 6, no. 32. Persée. 1920. pp. 437–445. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Les membres de la Section histoire et géographie de 1832 à nous jours" [Members of the History and Geography section from 1832 to our days]. asmp.fr (in French). Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.

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