Facts: - death place: aldeburgh , suffolk , england - known for: founding children , progressive education summerhill school , advocacy of personal freedom for - birth name: alexander sutherland neill - death date: 23 september 1973 - birth date: 17 october 1883 - name: a. s. neill - image: neill birthday.jpg - birth place: forfar , scotland - occupation: educator , author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of a. s. neill .
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alexander sutherland neill -lrb- 17 october 1883 -- 23 september 1973 -rrb- , known as a. s. neill , was a scottish educator and author known for his school , summerhill school , and its philosophies of freedom from adult coercion and community self-governance .neill was raised in scotland , where he was a poor student but became a schoolteacher .he taught in several schools across the country before attending the university of edinburgh from 1908 to 1912 .he took two jobs in journalism before world war i , and returned to teaching afterwards .he joined the staff of a school in dresden in 1921 , which became summerhill upon his return to england in 1924 .summerhill received widespread renown in the 1920s/30s and 1960s/70s due to progressive and counterculture interest .he wrote 20 books in his lifetime , and his best seller was the 1960 '' summerhill '' , a compilation of four previous books about his school .the book was a common ancestor to activists in the 60s free school movement .