The Archive · 1939

Dr. Havelock Ellis Dies at 80 Years

(Continued from page 7) other volumes of "Studies in the Psychology of Sex" These rark among his greatest books. Others are "Man and Woman" a study of secondary sex characteristics, "A Study of British Genius" "The Criminal" and "The Dance of Lif In "A study of British Genius" Dr. Ellis concluded that the upper and middle classes produce the most geniuses usually from small towns rather than cities, from large families rather than small ones. Geniuses, he determined, were precocious, feeble in health in early life but fairly long lived, usually married late in life and had few or no children.

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