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