Ruskin

Ruskin

The name Ruskin usually refers to:

*John Ruskin (1819-1900), an English author, poet and artist, most famous for his work as art critic and social critic, and for his writing on the architecture of Venice.

A number of institutions and locations have been named after John Ruskin, including two places in the United States and one in Canada. For a short period "Ruskin" was also adopted as a forename.

Places

*Ruskin, British Columbia, Canada

In the United States:
*Ruskin, Florida
*Ruskin, Georgia
*Ruskin, Nebraska
*Ruskin Colony, a utopian socialist colony which existed in Dickson County, Tennessee from 1894 to 1899 (the Florida and British Columbia Ruskins were also Ruskinite colonies)

Institutions

*Anglia Ruskin University, in Cambridge, England
*"The Ruskin", the colloquial short form for The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University
*Ruskin College, Oxford, an adult education college named after John Ruskin
*Ruskin Gallery, in Sheffield
*Ruskin Museum, in Consiton, Cumbria

Forename

*Ruskin Bond, an Indian author of British descent
*Ruskin Spear, a British painter


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  • Ruskin, FL — U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida Population (2000): 8321 Housing Units (2000): 3603 Land area (2000): 14.238071 sq. miles (36.876434 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1.184166 sq. miles (3.066976 sq. km) Total area (2000): 15.422237 sq. miles (39 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Ruskin —   [ rʌskɪn], John, britischer Schriftsteller, Maler und Sozialphilosoph, * London 8. 2. 1819, ✝ Brantwood (County Lancashire) 20. 1. 1900; sein Interesse galt zunächst der Landschafts und topographischen Malerei. Daraus erwuchs seine… …   Universal-Lexikon

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