Henry W. (Henry William) Fischer

Born in 1856 and deceased in 1932, Henry W. Fischer is remembered as a newspaper correspondent, author, and translator whose work connected English-language readers with events and writing from continental Europe. A LibriVox author note describes him as a correspondent who reported from cities including Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Vienna, and Budapest, and says he also wrote for major New York papers.

His bibliography shows a mix of journalism, translation, and historical or political writing. The Online Books Page lists works including Private Lives of Kaiser William II, and His Consort and Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field, while Wikisource credits him as a translator on German historical and literary texts.

Archival records also place him in the world of American newspapers and public affairs. The Theodore Roosevelt Center identifies him as Henry W. Fischer (Henry William Fischer), 1856–1932, and preserves correspondence linked to his work as an exchange editor for the New York American.