The future is secured
A tribunal dismissed the Government’s case and supported Summerhill’s case.
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The Famous Court Case. The Government sought to close Summerhill.
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Ena Neill died
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Zoë took over the responsibilities as Principal of Summerhill.
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Autobiography ‘Neill, Neill, Orange Peel’ published
Died at Aldeburgh Hospital
Ena Neill had taken over the responsibilities of running the school during Neill’s illness.
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Neill writes the commentary ‘Talking of Summerhill’.
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Neill writes ‘Freedom not License, a sequel to ‘Summerhill’.
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The UK version of “Summerhill” is published.
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‘Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing’ published in the USA. It is regarded as his most famous and influential book. It draws together a number of the themes published in his previous books.
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‘The Free Child’ published. The continuation of the themes began in his last book.
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The Problem Family’ is published. Neill acknowledges the influences of Homer Lane and Wilhelm Reich, on the subject of self-regulation.
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Birth of daughter Zoë
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Married Ena Wood.
The school community returned to Leiston.
The Beginning
Lilian Neill died.
Neill writes ‘Hearts not Heads in the School’. The last chapter is a beautiful tribute to his wife.
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Summerhill evacuated to Ffestiniog, North Wales
In Leiston, the school building is occupied by the army.
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Neill writes ‘The Problem Teacher’, dealing with issues of lack of creativity in education and the importance of teacher’s understanding the inner development of the child.
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‘Last Man Alive’ published. The story of a group who manage to survive a toxic cloud that has turned everyone else to stone.
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Neill writes ‘That Dreadful School’. The book is very well-reviewed and helps to publicise the work he is seeking to achieve at Summerhill.
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Met Wilhelm Reich and forms a strong and lasting friendship.
Neill writes ‘Is Scotland Educated?’
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‘The Problem Parent’ is published. Which begins with the first line “There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent.”
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Married Lilian Neustatter
Moved Summerhill to Leiston
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‘The Problem Parent’ is published. Which begins with the first line “There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent.”
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Neill and Mrs Lins established Summerhill School
in Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK
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Following a European tour, Neill is invited to start a new international school. He co-founded the International School in Hellerau, near Dresden, with Lilian Neustatter.
He also writes ’A Dominie Abroad’, an account of his experiences at the school.
Later moved to Sonntagberg, Austria. There he writes ‘A Dominie’s Five’, a story about the experiences of five of his pupils.
Before Summerhill
Neill writes ‘A Dominie in Doubt’, the title speaks for itself, and another fictional story ‘Carroty Broon’. The story of a red-haired boy of escapes from his life in a Scottish village, into a fantasy world.
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Co-Editor with Beatrice Ensor of ‘New Era’, an educational journal promoting new ideals in education
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Neill writes the novel ‘The Booming of Bunkie’.
The fictional story of the ‘boom’ of the Bunkie Golf Course.
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Following medical discharge, Neill joins the teaching staff of the progressive King Alfred School in Hampstead, London.
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Army training Royal Scots Fusiliers
Met Homer Lane
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Neill writes ‘A Dominie Dismissed’. A fictional account of how his main character, obviously based on himself, is asked to leave the school and becomes a cattle man.
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‘A Dominie’s Log’ first published
The book is a reflective autobiographical novel based on Neill’s first year as Headteacher at Gretna Green Village School.
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Neill takes over the editorship of the University Student Magazine
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Student at Edinburgh University. 
He begins by studying agriculture, then changes the course to study English.
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Neill fails his entrance exam for teacher training
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Pupil teacher at Kingsmuir
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Began as a pupil at
Kingsmuir School
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A.S.Neill was born in Forfar, Angus, Scotland