Quote of the day
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
A. S. Neill
Born: October 17, 1883
Died: September 23, 1973 (aged 89)
Bio: Alexander Sutherland Neill, 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.
Known for:
- Summerhill (1960)
- A Dominie's log (1915)
- A dominie in doubt (1920)
- All the Best, Neill: Letters from Summerhill
- Neill! Neill! Orange Peel!: An Autobiography (1972)