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A. S. Neill

1883 to 1973 4 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for A. S. Neill across 4 places, from 1883 to 1924. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

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.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where A. S. Neill was documented, and when

17 October 1883exact date
Forfarattested “Alexander Sutherland Neill was born in Forfar, Angus, Scotland, on 17 October 1883 to George Neill and Mary (née Sutherland Sinclair).” source: Wikipedia: A. S. Neill
1921year
Dresdenattested “Neill was invited to join a progressive school in Dresden in 1921.” source: Wikipedia: A. S. Neill
1924year
Lyme Regisattested “He moved to England in 1924 and started Summerhill in Lyme Regis, where the name came from the estate.” source: Wikipedia: A. S. Neill
1924year
Englandattested “He moved to England in 1924 and started Summerhill in Lyme Regis, where the name came from the estate.” source: Wikipedia: A. S. Neill

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Places A. S. Neill is documented in

Dresden1 presence · 1921England1 presence · 1924
Forfar1 presence · 1883
Lyme Regis1 presence · 1924

Other places tied to A. S. Neill in the record

In each of these, a source puts A. S. Neill and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that A. S. Neill was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1908year
University of Edinburghmentioned “In 1908, at the age of 25, Neill enrolled in the University of Edinburgh.” source: Wikipedia: A. S. Neill
1923year
Viennamentioned “The school moved to a monastery near Vienna in 1923, where the townspeople did not receive it well.” source: Wikipedia: A. S. Neill
1927year
Leistonmentioned “In 1927, it moved to Leiston, where it remained.” source: Wikipedia: A. S. Neill
1966year
Newcastle Universitymentioned “One doctorate was from Newcastle University in 1966.” source: Wikipedia: A. S. Neill
1973year
Great Britainmentioned “(Also published in Great Britain, in a revised form, 1973, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.) The 1960 release of Summerhill catapulted Neill into the public view.” source: Wikipedia: A. S. Neill

Documented at the same place, the same year

Igor StravinskyLondon · 1924Virginia WoolfLondon · 1924Emma GoldmanLondon · 1924Edward Victor AppletonLondon · 1924Philip Noel-BakerLondon · 1924Vera MenchikLondon · 1924

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Sources

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