Havelock Ellis

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Havelock Ellis

Henry Havelock Ellis (born February 2, 1859 in Croydon , † July 8, 1939 in Hintlesham , Suffolk ) was a British sexologist , social reformer and Fabian .

Life

His father, the captain of a sailing ship, took the ailing Havelock Ellis on a trip around the world in 1866. Then Ellis attended various private schools and in 1875 again went on a world tour with his father. In Australia , he disembarked for health reasons and worked as a teacher. In April 1879 he returned to London to study medicine.

An admirer of the doctor and author James Hinton , Ellis joined a circle of followers and in 1881 began his studies at the medical school of St Thomas' Hospital . In 1889 he graduated with the lowest degree of Licentiate in Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery from the Society of Apothecaries . However, he never worked as a doctor, but became a private scholar.

Even during his studies, Ellis was more interested in social, political, literary and scientific issues and had emerged as a publicist for magazines such as To-Day and the Westminster Review . He was a founding member of the socialist-oriented Fabian Society and in 1886 began to publish dramas from the 16th century, which were considered permissive. In terms of publishing, this series was just as successful as the series The Contemporary Science Series , which he initiated in 1889 and in which his first sexological work Man and Woman appeared in 1894 . Ellis also made numerous acquaintances during this time and made friends with personalities such as Arthur Symins , George Bernhard Shaw , Paul Verlaine , Edward Carpenter and Olive Schreiner . He met his future wife Edith Lees in 1887. Both tolerated love affairs from the other. So Ellis began a relationship with Margaret Sanger in 1914 .

Around 1890 Ellis devoted himself more and more to sexological issues. His publications in this area made him world famous. He corresponded with August Forel , Sigmund Freud , Magnus Hirschfeld , Cesare Lombroso , Bronislaw Malinowski and Albert Moll . His Studies in the Psychology of Sex , which he published in seven volumes between 1896 and 1928, are considered to be his most important work. The judicial ban of the first volume as "obscene" made Ellis suddenly known internationally. He took an active part in the sexual reform movement , was one of the strongest advocates of general sex education and was of the opinion that modesty and nudity are not mutually exclusive, but rather many cultures in which public nudity is not taboo. still have a strong sense of shame / decency. The naturist movement (nudism) referred in part to Ellis.

Ellis earned his living mainly from thematically different articles for magazines and newspapers. In the 1920s and 1930s he became known as the author of articles and books on internationalism and eugenics, as well as educational and sexual guides. He was in the Golders Green Crematorium in London cremated , where his ashes is located.

Fonts (selection)

  • (Ed.): The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. [With portraits.]. Vizetelly & Co .; T. Fisher Unwin, London 1887-96.
  • Women and Marriage; or, evolution in sex. Illustrating the changing status of women. (Reprinted from the "Westminster Review."). W. Reeves, London 1888.
  • The criminal. W. Scott, London 1890.
    • German by Hans Kurella : Criminals and crimes. Wigand, Leipzig 1894.
  • The Nationalization of Health. T. Fisher Unwin, London 1892.
  • A Noviciate for Marriage. 1894.
  • Man and woman. A study of human secondary sexual characters. Scott, London 1894.
    • German man and woman. Anthropological and psychological study of secondary gender differences. Wigand, Leipzig 1894.
  • Studies in the Psychology of Sex. Volume 1: Sexual Inversion. University Press, London / Watford 1897.
    • German sex-psychological studies. , Wuerzburg 1903.
  • Affirmations. Scott, London 1898.
  • Sex drive and shame. Wigand, Leipzig 1900.
  • The evolution of modesty. The phenomena of sexual periodicity. Auto-erotism. The Univ. Press, Leipzig 1900.
  • The nineteenth century ;. A dialogue in Utopia. Grant Richards, London 1900.
  • Studies in the Psychology of Sex. FA Davis, Philadelphia 1901-1928.
  • A study of British genius. Hurst & Blackett, London 1904.
  • The morbid sexual sensations on a dissociative basis. Stuber, Würzburg 1907.
  • The soul of Spain. 2nd Edition. Constable, London 1908.
  • Sex in relation to society. FA Davis company, Philadelphia 1910.
    • German gender and society. Basics of the sociology of sex life. Kabitzsch, Würzburg 1910.
  • Three modern seers. Stanley Paul, Sl 1910.
  • The Imperishable Wing. [Tales.]. Stanley Paul & Co, London 1911.
  • The problem of race regeneration. Cassell, Sl 1911.
  • The world of dreams. Constable, London 1911.
    • dt. The world of dreams. Kabitzsch, Würzburg 1911.
  • Racial hygiene and public health. C. Kabitzsch, Würzburg 1912.
  • The Task of Social Hygiene. Constable, London 1912.
  • Erotic symbolism. The mechanism of detumescence; the psychic state in pregnancy. FA Davis company, Philadelphia 1914.
  • Impressions and comments. Constable, London 1914.
  • Love acre. An idyll in two worlds. Mitchell Kennerley, New York 1914.
  • Essays in war-time. Constable, London 1916.
  • The Erotic Rights of Women, and The Objects of Marriage. Two essays. 1918.
  • Little essays of love and virtue. Black, Sl 1922.
  • New horizons for love and life. 1st edition. Manz, Vienna, Leipzig 1922.
  • Personal Impressions of Edward Carpenter . [With portrait.]. Free Spirit Press, Berkeley Heights 1922.
  • The love rights of women. Appeal pub. Co, Girard, Kan. 1922?
  • The dance of life. Constable, London, etc. 1923.
    • dt. The dance of life. Meiner, Leipzig 1928.
  • Sonnets. With folk songs from the Spanish. Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1925.
  • The Mine of Dreams. Selected short stories, etc. A. & C. Black, London 1925.
  • The New Spirit. Constable and Company, Sl
  • Fountain of life. Being the impressions and comments of Havelock Ellis. Houghton Mifflin; The Riverside Press, Boston, New York, Cambridge 1930.
  • Concerning Jude the Obscure. Ulysses Bookshop, Sl 1931.
  • Views and reviews. A selection of uncollected articles 1884-1932. Harmsworth, London 1932.
  • Chapman. With illustrative passages. The Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury London 1934.
  • My confessional. Carlton House, New York 1934.
  • From Rousseau to Proust. Houghton Mifflin Co, Sl 1935.
  • Morals, manners and men. Watts, London 1939.
  • My life. Autobiography of Havelock Ellis. Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston 1939.

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personal data
SURNAME Ellis, Havelock
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ellis, Henry Havelock
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British sexologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Croydon
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1939
Place of death Hintlesham , Suffolk