John Ruskin
| John Ruskin LLD | |||||||||
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| Born | 1819 | ||||||||
| Died | 1900 | ||||||||
| Residence |
Northwich, Cheshire [1864] Denmark Hill [1869] Coniston, Cumberland [1872] | ||||||||
| Occupation |
artist literary | ||||||||
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in list Feb 20, Aug. 20 1866 this is J. Ruskin [same address] - are there two? [have combined for now][the other was V. Ruskin - now I have changed this to John which is specified in List 1872, 1879]
resignation is of J. Ruskin
Notes From Elsewhere
John Ruskin did write letters postmarked Northwich, and gave lectures at the school there
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political economy. His writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. Ruskin penned essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art was later superseded by a preference for plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, and architectural structures and ornamentation.
In August 1871, Ruskin purchased from W. J. Linton the then somewhat dilapidated Brantwood, on the shores of Coniston Water,