Henri Welschinger
Henri Welschinger | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 2 February 1846  Muttersholtz |
| Died | 3 November 1919 (aged 73) |
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
- (in French) Le Duc d'Enghien, 1772-1804 (1888)
- (in French) Le Maréchal Ney, 1815 (1893)
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
Bibliography
- Strauss, Léon (2016). Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne [Alsatian new biography dictionary] (in French). Vol. 40. Strasbourg: Fédération des sociétés d'histoire et d'archéologie d'alsace. p. 4163. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
Henri Welschinger
Authority control databases | |
|---|---|
| International |
|
| National |
|
| Academics |
|
| Other |
|
