Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson
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Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson (July 23, 1858, Madison, New Jersey
– July 23, 1942, Lausanne
, Switzerland
) was an American
author. He used the pseudonym of Xavier Mayne.
. His father was a Presbyterian minister and a school principal; his mother was the offspring of a family of men of letters.
After studying law
, he decided to become a writer and a journalist. In 1901 he moved to Europe
, living in Florence and Lausanne, where he died of a heart attack.
In 1896 he published The Square of Sevens, and the Parallelogram: An Authoritative Method of Cartomancy with a Prefatory Note by Robert Antrobus that was supposedly written in 1735. However it is believed that he was the author.
In 1906 under the pseudonym Xavier Mayne he published the gay novel Imre: A Memorandum
, and in 1908 a sexology study The Intersexes, a defense of homosexuality from a scientific, legal, historical and personal perspective.
Madison, New Jersey
Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 16,530. It also is known as "The Rose City".-Geography:Madison is located at ....
– July 23, 1942, Lausanne
Lausanne
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, Switzerland
Switzerland
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) was an American
United States
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author. He used the pseudonym of Xavier Mayne.
Biography
Edward Prime Stevenson was born on July 23, 1858 in Madison, New JerseyMadison, New Jersey
Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 16,530. It also is known as "The Rose City".-Geography:Madison is located at ....
. His father was a Presbyterian minister and a school principal; his mother was the offspring of a family of men of letters.
After studying law
Law
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, he decided to become a writer and a journalist. In 1901 he moved to Europe
Europe
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, living in Florence and Lausanne, where he died of a heart attack.
In 1896 he published The Square of Sevens, and the Parallelogram: An Authoritative Method of Cartomancy with a Prefatory Note by Robert Antrobus that was supposedly written in 1735. However it is believed that he was the author.
In 1906 under the pseudonym Xavier Mayne he published the gay novel Imre: A Memorandum
Imre: A Memorandum
Imre: A Memorandum, is a novel about the homosexual relationship between two men. It was written in Europe by the expatriate American-born author, Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson, who originally published it under the pseudonym of Xavier Mayne in a limited-edition imprint of 500 copies Naples,...
, and in 1908 a sexology study The Intersexes, a defense of homosexuality from a scientific, legal, historical and personal perspective.