What is Havelock Ellis?
{{Infobox person |name = Havelock Ellis |image = Portrait of Havelock Ellis (1859-1939), Psychologist and Biologist (2575987702) crop.jpg |image_size = |caption = Ellis in 1923 |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1859|2|2|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Croydon]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1939|7|8|1859|2|2|df=y}} |death_place = [[Hintlesham]] |body_discovered = |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> |residence = |nationality = British |citizenship = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Henry Havelock Ellis''', known as '''Havelock Ellis''' (2 February 1859 – 8 July 1939), was a British [[physician]], [[writer]], and social [[reform]]er who studied [[human sexuality]]. He published works on a 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]].<ref>{{Citation | author1=Grosskurth, Phyllis | title=Havelock Ellis : a biography | year=1980 | publication-date=1980 | publisher=A. Lane | isbn=978-0-7139-1071-1 }}, p. 412</ref> Attitudes towards [[homosexuality]] and [[masturbation]] were altered by the publications of Havelock Ellis.<ref>Ellis, Havelock 1890. ''The new spirit''. London: Bell.</ref><ref>Ellis, Havelock 1897{{ndash}}1928. ''Studies in the psychology of sex''. 7 vols, London. The French edition had 19 volumes.</ref><ref>Ellis, Havelock and J.A. Symonds 1897. ''Sexual Inversion''. London.</ref> Ellis was the first person to say in print that [[masturbation]] was normal, and did not cause any medical problems. He was co-author of the first medical textbook in English on [[homosexuality]] in 1897. His work, with others, prepared the way for the later [[sexual revolution]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis, Havelock}} [[Category:1859 births]] [[Categor