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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–...