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 the director of law-drafting, legislative printing and cabinet minutes.

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.