Hugh Northcote (1 November 1868 – 12 August 1933) was an Anglican clergyman in

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and writer on sex. Hugh Northcote was the son of Henry Moubray Northcote and Elinor Mallet. He was born in

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shire, but the family emigrated to

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. After graduating with a first in classics from Canterbury University College, he became an Anglican priest. In 1903 he and his family left for England, where he lived until 1927, when he returned to New Zealand.Heathcote Cemetery
/ref> Northcote corresponded with Havelock Ellis, and helped to popularise the term 'inversion' for

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Works

* ''Ancient and modern changes in women's social position'', Christchurch, N.Z.: . Northcote 1896. * ''Christianity and sex problems'', Philadelphia: Davis, 1906. 2nd ed., 1916. * '' Edith Cavell's last thought and other poems'', London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1918. * ''The social value of the study of sex psychology'', London:

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, 1920.

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1868 births 1933 deaths New Zealand Anglican priests New Zealand sexologists {{NewZealand-writer-stub