William J. (William Josephus) Robinson

Born in 1867 and dying in 1936, he was an American physician, sexologist, and birth control advocate. He served as chief of the department of genito-urinary diseases at Bronx Hospital Dispensary and edited the American Journal of Urology and Sexology.

He wrote extensively for general readers as well as medical audiences, publishing works on sexual health, marriage, and contraception. Listings of his books show a wide range of subjects, from clinical practice to popular guidance for men and women.

His career also reflects ideas that are now widely rejected. Some of his writing promoted eugenics alongside birth control, so modern readers often encounter him as a significant but deeply controversial figure in the history of medicine and social reform.