1883 - 1973
A. S. Neill Scottish Educator
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Details
| First Name |
A.
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| Middle Name |
S.
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| Last Name |
Neill
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| Birthday |
17th October, 1883
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| Birthplace |
Forfar, Scotland
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| Died |
23rd September, 1973
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| Place of Death |
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Nationality |
Scottish
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| Occupation Text |
Educator, author
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| Occupation |
Educator
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Alexander Sutherland Neill (17 October 1883 – 23 September 1973) was a Scottish educator and author known for his school, Summerhill, and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and its community self-governance. Raised in Scotland, Neill taught at several schools before attending the University of Edinburgh in 1908–1912. He took two jobs in journalism before World War I, and taught at Gretna Green Village School in the first year of the war, writing his first book, A Dominie's Log (1915), as a diary of his life there as head teacher. He joined a Dresden school in 1921 and founded Summerhill on returning to England in 1924. Summerhill gained renown in the 1920s–1930s and then in the 1960s–1970s, due to progressive and counter-culture interest. Neill wrote 20 books. His top seller was the 1960 Summerhill, read widely in the free school movement in the 1960s onwards.
