William Henry Huntington

William Henry Huntington (1820–1885) was an American journalist, born at Norwich, Conn. He attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and there became a member of the Mystical Seven. He was in Paris as correspondent of the New York Tribune for 20 years, from 1858. He notoriously nicknamed Napoleon III, "Prince Napkin". His philanthropic work the Siege of Paris (1870–1871) was important. He bequeathed his collection of medals, bronzes, porcelains, miniatures, engravings, and prints relating to Washington, Lafayette, and Franklin to the Metropolitan Museum, New York. New-York Tribune people People from Norwich, Connecticut Wesleyan University alumni 1820 births 1885 deaths 19th-century American journalists American male journalists 19th-century American male writers 19th-century American philanthropists