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 first 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 155,717 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). A. S. Neill is the 293rd most popular philosopher (down from 288th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 490th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, A. S. Neill ranks 293 out of 1,089. Before him are John Searle, Anne Sullivan, Alfred Tarski, Aśvaghoṣa, Panaetius, and Pherecydes of Syros. After him are Félix Guattari, Uriel da Costa, Aenesidemus, Alcmaeon of Croton, Giovanni Gentile, and Jerome of Prague.
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 287
1866 - 1936
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 288
1901 - 1983
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 289
80 - 150
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 290
185 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 291
580 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 292
1883 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 293
1930 - 1992
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 294
1585 - 1640
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 295
80 BC - 10 BC
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 296
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 297
1875 - 1944
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 298
1379 - 1416
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 299
Among people born in 1883, A. S. Neill ranks 34. Before him are Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Celâl Bayar, Douglas Fairbanks, Wang Jingwei, Norman Haworth, and Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov. After him are Peter Kürten, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Alexander Yegorov, Nina Ricci, Georgios Papanikolaou, and Giovanni Messe. Among people deceased in 1973, A. S. Neill ranks 34. Before him are J. Hans D. Jensen, Jacques Maritain, Karl Ziegler, Charles Greeley Abbot, Hans Albert Einstein, and Selman Waksman. After him are Walter Rudolf Hess, Ragnar Frisch, Luis Carrero Blanco, Lex Barker, Jean-Pierre Melville, and Artturi Ilmari Virtanen.
1883 - 1963
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 28
1883 - 1986
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 29
1883 - 1939
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 30
1883 - 1944
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 31
1883 - 1950
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 32
1883 - 1946
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 33
1883 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 34
1883 - 1931
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 35
1883 - 1933
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 36
1883 - 1939
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 37
1883 - 1970
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 38
1883 - 1962
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 39
1883 - 1968
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 40
1907 - 1973
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 28
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 29
1898 - 1973
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 30
1872 - 1973
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 31
1904 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 32
1888 - 1973
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 33
1883 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 34
1881 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 35
1895 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 36
1904 - 1973
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 37
1919 - 1973
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 38
1917 - 1973
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 39
1895 - 1973
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 40
Among people born in United Kingdom, A. S. Neill ranks 533 out of 6,924. Before him are Richard Francis Burton (1821), James Clark Ross (1800), Nigel Mansell (1953), Gordon Banks (1937), James III of Scotland (1451), and Edmund Ironside (993). After him are Bob Hoskins (1942), Alice Liddell (1852), Tony Scott (1944), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), John Bunyan (1628), and Charles Laughton (1899).
1821 - 1890
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 527
1800 - 1862
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 528
1953 - Present
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 529
1937 - 2019
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 530
1451 - 1488
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 531
993 - 1016
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 532
1883 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 533
1942 - 2014
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 534
1852 - 1934
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 535
1944 - 2012
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 536
1844 - 1900
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 537
1628 - 1688
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 538
1899 - 1962
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 539
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, A. S. Neill ranks 19. Before him are Alcuin (735), John Venn (1834), Pelagius (360), William Godwin (1756), Thomas Carlyle (1795), and G. E. Moore (1873). After him are J. L. Austin (1911), E. H. Carr (1892), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), H. L. A. Hart (1907), John of Salisbury (1110), and Paul Grice (1913).
735 - 804
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 13
1834 - 1923
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 14
360 - 420
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 15
1756 - 1836
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 16
1795 - 1881
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 17
1873 - 1958
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 18
1883 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 19
1911 - 1960
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 20
1892 - 1982
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 21
1855 - 1927
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 22
1907 - 1992
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 23
1110 - 1180
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 24
1913 - 1988
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 25