author
Hans Fehlinger
b. 1874
An Austrian writer and editor from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he is best remembered today for work that brought ethnographic and social questions to a wider readership. His books range from studies of sexuality and reproduction to labor and international social policy.
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Sexual Life of Primitive People
by Hans Fehlinger
About the author
Hans Fehlinger was born in 1874 and is identified in major German literary and library records as an Austrian writer and editor. Surviving catalog records connect him with both Austria and the Czech lands, suggesting a Central European life shaped by the multilingual world of the old Habsburg region.
His best-known English-language title is Sexual Life of Primitive People (1921), a work that introduced readers to comparative descriptions of marriage, sexuality, and social customs in different societies. Other bibliographic records also link him to books on reproduction, Inuit life, labor questions, and international social policy, showing a writer interested in both human behavior and public affairs.
Because easily available biographical information on Fehlinger is limited, many personal details about his life remain unclear in standard online sources. What can be said with confidence is that he left behind a varied body of nonfiction that reflects early 20th-century curiosity about society, culture, and reform.