Ellis, Havelock (1859-1939) Also known as: Ellis, Henry Havelock

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James Eaton Tower to Jane Addams, October 6, 1911

The Torture Tunnel -- The Underground Way -- From God's Altar to Hell's Sweatshops, August 3, 1912

League of Peace and Freedom: Report and Financial Statement, January 1920

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Birth Date

1859-02-02

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1939-07-08

Birthplace

Cryoden, Surrey, England

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Henry Havelock Ellis was a physician who was concerned with studying human sexuality. Ellis was considered an intellectual of his time and often used popular psychological research and ideas to talk about his methodology and work. Ellis's most famous work, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, covers thirty years of research in seven volumes.

Havelock Ellis married Edith Lees in November of 1891, and the couple had no children. Ellis died in 1939.