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Benjamin, Harry (1885-1986), physician, endocrinologist, and sex researcher  

Keay Davidson

Benjamin, Harry (12 January 1885–24 August 1986), physician, endocrinologist, and sex researcher, was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Julius Benjamin, a banker, and Bertha Hoffman. He became interested in human sexuality at the age of twenty, when he read August Forel’s ...

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Harry Benjamin. Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine (B02717).

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Johnson, Virginia E. (11 February 1925–24 July 2013), sex researcher and sex therapist  

Ross Morrow

Johnson, Virginia E. (11 February 1925–24 July 2013), sex researcher and sex therapist, was born Mary Virginia Eshelman to Hershel “Harry” Eshelman and Edna Evans Eshelman in Springfield, Missouri. Her father fought in World War I and her mother was a teacher. The couple settled in Springfield to farm after the war. In ...