Henri Welschinger
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| Born | 2 February 1846  Muttersholtz |
| Died | 3 November 1919 (aged 73) |
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Henri Welschinger (1846–1919) was a French historian, journalist, and litterateur.
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 the director of law-drafting, legislative printing and 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.