“Nearly all the more alive and up-to-date teachers in Britain have read and argued about his notions”
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A. S. Neill
Alexander Sutherland Neill was a Scottish educator and author known for his school, Summerhill, and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and 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 second year…
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culture · Scottish progressive school founder (1883–1973) · pedagogue · non-fiction writer · psychologist · journalist · philosopher · writer · also A. S. Neill, Alexander Neill, Alexander Sutherland Neill, Neill
Born 17 October 1883 · Died 23 September 1973 · Q316792
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2026· 2 entries
“s role is to facilitate that release, with Summerhill actualizing this concept. Neill never defines”
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1998· 1 entry
About schools around the world that followed Neill's teachings
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1973· 1 entry
Died 1973-09-23.
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1924· 1 entry
And started Summerhill in Lyme Regis, where the name came from the estate
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1923· 1 entry
Where the townspeople did not receive it well
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1921· 1 entry
And founded Summerhill on returning to England in 1924
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1912· 1 entry
And began to edit encyclopedias and similar reference books
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1908· 1 entry
At the age of 25, Neill enrolled in the University of Edinburgh
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1883· 1 entry
Born 1883-10-17.
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