Every artist writes his own autobiography.
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All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
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Birth: | 2nd February, 1859 |
Death: | 8th July, 1939 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Physician, Psychologist, Social Reformer, Writer |
Henry Havelock Ellis, known as Havelock Ellis was born in Croydon, England. He was an English physician, writer, progressive intellectual 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 variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as transgender psychology. He studied at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School now part of King's College London. He wrote several books include: Man and Woman, Sexual Selection in Man, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Sexual Inversion, On Life and Sex, The Dance of Life, Psychology of Sex, Sex Compatibility in Marriage, and Sex and Marriage.
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