Havelock Ellis Quotes


The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.


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.