Henri Welschinger Explained
Henri Welschinger (1846 - 1919) was a French historian, journalist, and litterateur.
Biography
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
- Le Duc d'Enghien, 1772-1804 (1888)
- Le Maréchal Ney, 1815 (1893)
Bibliography
- Book: Strauss, Léon . Léon Strauss . 2016 . Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne . Alsatian new biography dictionary . fr . Strasbourg . 40 . Fédération des sociétés d'histoire et d'archéologie d'alsace . 4163 . "Henri Welschinger" . 2016-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230934/http://www.alsace-histoire.org/fr/dictionnaire-de-biographie/ndba-w.html . 2016-03-03 . dead .
Notes and References
- Échos et informations . fr . Revue d'histoire de l'Église de France . 6 . 32 . Persée . 1920 . 437–445 . September 2, 2016 .
- Web site: Les membres de la Section histoire et géographie de 1832 à nous jours . 2016 . Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques . September 2, 2016 . asmp.fr . fr . Members of the History and Geography section from 1832 to our days . November 20, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081120171501/http://www.asmp.fr/presentation/sectionV_1832.htm . dead .
