1883 - 1973
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 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 of the war, writing his first book, A Dominie's Log (1915), as a diary of his life there as head teacher. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A. S. Neill has received more than 249,326 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). A. S. Neill is the 283rd most popular philosopher (up from 293rd in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 532nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Philosopher.
A. S. Neill is most famous for his work with children and his founding of Summerhill School. Neill believed that children should be given the freedom to explore their own interests and learn from their own mistakes.
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Among philosophers, A. S. Neill ranks 283 out of 1,081. Before him are Priscus, Bruno Bauer, Panaetius, Rudolf Bultmann, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, and Anacharsis. After him are Nicolai Hartmann, Félix Guattari, Roscellinus, Ramana Maharshi, Synesius, and Robert Nozick.
410 - 471
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 277
1809 - 1882
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 278
185 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 279
1884 - 1976
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 280
1240 - 1311
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 281
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 282
1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 283
1882 - 1950
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 284
1930 - 1992
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 285
1050 - 1121
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 286
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 287
370 - 413
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 288
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 289
Among people born in 1883, A. S. Neill ranks 32. Before him are Johannes Blaskowitz, Celâl Bayar, Andrey Vyshinsky, Lon Chaney, Wang Jingwei, and Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy. After him are Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Norman Haworth, Peter Kürten, Alexander Yegorov, Angela Hitler, and Nina Ricci. Among people deceased in 1973, A. S. Neill ranks 38. Before him are Hans Albert Einstein, Karl Ziegler, Charles Greeley Abbot, Luis Carrero Blanco, Jean-Pierre Melville, and Walter Rudolf Hess. After him are Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Amílcar Cabral, Lex Barker, Elsa Schiaparelli, Ingeborg Bachmann, and François Cevert.
1883 - 1948
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 26
1883 - 1986
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 27
1883 - 1954
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 28
1883 - 1930
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 29
1883 - 1944
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 30
1883 - 1945
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 31
1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 32
1883 - 1946
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 33
1883 - 1950
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 34
1883 - 1931
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 35
1883 - 1939
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 36
1883 - 1949
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 37
1883 - 1970
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 38
1904 - 1973
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 32
1898 - 1973
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 33
1872 - 1973
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 34
1904 - 1973
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 35
1917 - 1973
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 36
1881 - 1973
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 37
1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 38
1895 - 1973
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 39
1924 - 1973
HPI: 63.30
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1919 - 1973
HPI: 63.13
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1890 - 1973
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 42
1926 - 1973
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 43
1944 - 1973
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 44
Among people born in United Kingdom, A. S. Neill ranks 516 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Cranmer (1489), John Dowland (1563), Sid Vicious (1957), David Hockney (1937), Henry Hudson (1570), and Nigel Mansell (1953). After him are James Bradley (1693), Maud of Wales (1869), William Tyndale (1494), Bobby Moore (1941), Bill Wyman (1936), and John Wallis (1616).
1489 - 1556
HPI: 64.37
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1563 - 1626
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 511
1957 - 1979
HPI: 64.36
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1937 - Present
HPI: 64.35
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1570 - 1611
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 514
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 515
1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 516
1693 - 1762
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 517
1869 - 1938
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 518
1494 - 1536
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 519
1941 - 1993
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 520
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 521
1616 - 1703
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 522
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, A. S. Neill ranks 19. Before him are John Wycliffe (1324), Pelagius (360), Thomas Carlyle (1795), William Godwin (1756), G. E. Moore (1873), and Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855). After him are E. H. Carr (1892), J. L. Austin (1911), H. L. A. Hart (1907), John of Salisbury (1110), Francis Hutcheson (1694), and Paul Grice (1913).
1324 - 1384
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 13
360 - 420
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 14
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 15
1756 - 1836
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 16
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 17
1855 - 1927
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 18
1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 19
1892 - 1982
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 20
1911 - 1960
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 21
1907 - 1992
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 22
1110 - 1180
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 23
1694 - 1746
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 24
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 25