Sexology pioneer Havelock Ellis

1859 Havelock Ellis (d. July 8, 1939), British psychologist, author (Sexual Inversion; The Task of Social Hygiene; The Dance of Life) and sociologist noted for his studies of human sexual behaviour, and one-time resident of Sydney, Australia.

In about 1877, Ellis was at 18 years of age the stand-in headmaster of Grafton Grammar School, Grafton being a northern regional city of New South Wales not far from where this almanac is produced. His Australian experience informed his only novel, Kanga Creek (1922) ...

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