from page: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJohn_Ruskin_quote.jpg Attributed to: By Frenzzgoa (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons -------------------------------------- About John Ruskin Born 8 February 1819 54 Hunter Street, Brunswick Square , London , England Died 20 January 1900 (aged 80) Brantwood , Coniston , England Occupation Writer, art critic, draughtsman, watercolourist, social thinker, philanthropist Citizenship English Alma mater Christ Church , University of Oxford King's College London Period Victorian era Notable work(s) Modern Painters 5 vols. (1843–60), The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849), The Stones of Venice 3 vols. (1851–53), Unto This Last (1860, 1862), Fors Clavigera (1871–84), Praeterita 3 vols. (1885–89). Spouse(s) Euphemia Chalmers Gray (1828–...