William Lee Howard (1860-1918) was an American physician and writer. Howard was born in

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...

. He obtained his M.D. from

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is amon ...

in 1890. Howard was memorably described by

Howard A. Kelly Howard Atwood Kelly (February 20, 1858 – January 12, 1943) was an American gynecologist. He obtained his B.A. degree and M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He, William Osler, William Halsted, and William Welch together are known ...

, in the ''Dictionary of American Biography'' (1928) as "an eccentric, irresponsible character whose native ability was wasted in a desultory, rambling life, and in neglect of those codes which society has erected as safeguards to the perpetuity of the race. A writer of books on sex subjects, and a pamphleteer ... ewas held to more esteem by the laity than by the profession".

Publications

* ''The Perverts'', 1901 * ''Plain Facts on Sex Hygiene'', 1910 * ''Facts for the Married'', 1912 * ''Sex Structure of Society'', 1914 * ''Sex Problems in Worry and Work'', 1915
''Breathe and Be Well''
1916
''How to Live Long''
1916

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, William Lee 1860 births 1918 deaths American physicians American sexologists American medical writers University of Vermont alumni Writers from Hartford, Connecticut