Havelock Ellis Quotes


The mother is really a more immediate parent than the father because one is born from the mother, and the first experience of any infant is the mother.


Citations

Ellis, Havelock. Little Essays of Love and Virtue. George H. Doran Company, 1922.

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Havelock Ellis
Havelock Ellis
  • Born: February 2, 1859
  • Died: July 8, 1939
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Physician, Eugenicist, Writer

Henry Havelock Ellis was an English physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He co-wrote the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as on transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis.