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Author Grosskurth, Phyllis.

Title Havelock Ellis : a biography / by Phyllis Grosskurth
Edition First edition
Published New York : Knopf : distributed by Random House, 1980

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Description xvi, 492 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series A Borzoi book
Borzoi book.
Summary Henry Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) was a British physician, writer, and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He was co-author of the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on sexual practices and inclinations, including transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis. He served as president of the Galton Institute and supported eugenics
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [471]-480
Subject Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939.
Sexologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Sexologists -- Great Britain.
Psychology.
SUBJECT United Kingdom -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056608
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113
Genre/Form Biography.
Biographies.
LC no. 79003485
ISBN 0394501500