Havelock Ellis (1859–1939)
Author of The Dance of Life
About the Author
Henry Havelock Ellis, known as Havelock Ellis was born on Feb 2, 1859 and died on July 8, 1939. He 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 a show more variety of 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, like many intellectuals of his era, supported eugenics. Ellis studied at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School now part of King's College London, but never had a regular medical practice.He joined The Fellowship of the New Life in 1883, meeting other social reformers Eleanor Marx, Edward Carpenter and George Bernard Shaw. The 1897 English translation of Ellis' book Sexual Inversion, co-authored with John Addington Symonds and originally published in German in 1896, was the first English medical textbook on homosexuality. Ellis wrote the first objective study of homosexuality, as he did not characterise it as a disease. Ellis may have developed psychological concepts of autoerotism and narcissism, both of which were later developed further by Sigmund Freud. Ellis studied what today are called transgender phenomena. Together with Magnus Hirschfeld, Havelock Ellis is considered a major figure in the history of sexology to establish a new category that was separate and distinct from homosexuality. His works include The Criminal, Affirmations, Love and Marriage and Sex and Marriage. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Havelock Ellis
Morals, Manners, and Men 6 copies
From Rousseau to Proust 4 copies
Studies in the Psychology of Sex (1921) Erotic Symbolism, The Mechanism of Detumescence, The Psychic State in Pregnancy (2016) 2 copies
Marriage To-day and To-morrow 2 copies
A Study of British Genius 2 copies
L'arte dell'amore 2 copies
George Chapman 1 copy
Diderot 1 copy
Studies in the psychology of sex Volume 4: Sexual selection in man: Touch, smell, hearing, vision (2014) 1 copy
Selected Essays 1 copy
Studies of Sex Psychology of Havelock Ellis: I Evolution of Sexual the Phenomena, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) (2012) 1 copy
Views and Reviews 1 copy
Psicologia della maternità 1 copy
ETUDES DE PSYCHOLOGIE SEXUELLE.TOME X.AMOUR ET VERTU.EDITION CRITIQUE ETABLIE SOUS LA DIRECTION DU PROFESSEUR… (1966) 1 copy
EL ALMA DE ESPAÑA 1 copy
Associated Works
Contact collection of contemporary writers — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Ellis, Havelock
- Legal name
- Ellis, Henry Havelock
- Birthdate
- 1859-02-02
- Date of death
- 1939-07-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Croydon, Surrey, UK
- Place of death
- Hintlesham, Suffolk, UK
- Places of residence
- Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
London, England, UK - Education
- St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School
- Occupations
- Teacher
Doctor
Physician
Psychologist - Relationships
- Ellis, Edith Mary Oldham (wife)
- Organizations
- The Fellowship of New Life
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Reviews
The dance of life by Havelock Ellis
It was rather okay until the end when he suggests that Jesus was an implicit messenger of eugenics. Otherwise its nothing more than a rudimentary dialectical exercise mixed with somewhat obscure scholarly research.
From the Christie's auction catalogue:
The play ridicules the various weaknesses and vices of the citizens of London, and introduces the "Family of Love," a mystical sect founded by Heinrich Niclaes to which there are many references in the literature of the time. The play was very successful, and probably contributed much to establish Middleton's reputation, the 'Prologue' describing the author as not yet famous, while the 'Address to the Reader' refers complacently to the applause the play had excited when new. Greg 263 (second state title); Pforzheimer 694 (first state title); STC 17879.… (more)
The play ridicules the various weaknesses and vices of the citizens of London, and introduces the "Family of Love," a mystical sect founded by Heinrich Niclaes to which there are many references in the literature of the time. The play was very successful, and probably contributed much to establish Middleton's reputation, the 'Prologue' describing the author as not yet famous, while the 'Address to the Reader' refers complacently to the applause the play had excited when new. Greg 263 (second state title); Pforzheimer 694 (first state title); STC 17879.… (more)
Autobiographical novel by Havelock Ellis dealing with his brief career as a school-teacher in colonial N.S.W. at a remote place called Sparkes Creek
Not so much a review as a quote from the work: "The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened to be within reach of predatory human hands." Ellis is correct.
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- Works
- 120
- Also by
- 18
- Members
- 924
- Popularity
- #27,777
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 161
- Languages
- 4