John Ruskin was born on February 8, 1819[1], in London[2]. He died on January 20, 1900[3], in Coniston[4]. He worked as a writer[5], art critic[6], art historian[7], philosopher[8], and painter[9]. He ranks in the top 0.55% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,963 views/month, #5,542 of 1,000,298).[10]
Archives at: University of Leeds Libraries[47], Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library[48], Yale Center for British Art[49], Rare Books and Special Collections[50], Louis Round Wilson Library[51], University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives[52]
Things named for John Ruskin include Ruskin College[56].
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John Ruskin has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] He is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
He has been cited as an influence by Mahatma Gandhi[59], a politician[60], 1869–1948[61], of British Raj[62], awarded the Time Person of the Year[63], specialised in philosophy[64]; T. S. Eliot[65], a playwright[66], 1888–1965[67], of United States[68], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[69]; Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood[70], an art movement[71], founded in 1848[72]; John Atkinson Grimshaw[73], a painter[74], 1836–1893[75], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[76], specialised in painting[77]; Roger Scruton[78], a philosopher[79], 1944–2020[80], of United Kingdom[81], awarded the Czech Medal of Merit[82], specialised in aesthetics[83]; and Frank Pick[84], a solicitor[85], 1878–1941[86], of United Kingdom[87].
Works attributed to him include Unto This Last[88], a literary work[89]; The Stones of Venice[90]; The Seven Lamps of Architecture[91]; and The King of the Golden River[92]. Entities named for him include Ruskin College[56].
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