Quote by John Ruskin
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About John Ruskin
Born | 8 February 1819 54 Hunter Street, Brunswick Square, London, England |
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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 (1828–1897) (marriage annulled) |
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