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A. S. Neill  

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  • Alexander Sutherland Neill was a Scottish educator, author of 21 books, and founder of the well-known Summerhill School, the world's first progressive and democratic school. Neill's unconventional and radical beliefs about children were shaped by his early experience and his educational philosophy. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Neill, A. S. (1883–1973)]

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