John Ruskin , writer, critic and artist who championed the Gothic revival movement in architecture and the decorative arts. Venn's entry reads: "Ruskin, John. College: Entered: Oct. 20, 1836 Born: Died: Jan. 20, 1900 Hon. LL.D., 1867. [Eldest s. of John James, partner in a firm of importers of wine, at Billiter Street, London. B. Feb. 8, 1819, at 54, Hunter Street, Brunswick Square. School, private.] Matric. from Christ Church, Oxford, Oct. 20, 1836; B.A. 1842; M.A. 1843; D.C.L., 1893. Hon. Student, 1838 and Hon. Fellow of Corpus Christi, Oxford, 1871. Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford, 1869-79 and 1883-5. Rede Lecturer at Cambridge, 1867. F.R.I.B.A. Married, 1848, Euphemia Chalmers, dau. of George Gray, lawyer, of Perth, but the marriage was annulled at his wife's suit, which he did not defend, 1855. Resided from 1871 at Brantwood, Coniston Lake. Author, Modern Painters; Seven Lamps of Architecture; Stones of Venice; Unto this Last; Sesame and Lilies; The Crown of Wild Olive, etc. Died from influenza, Jan. 20, 1900. Buried at Coniston. (Al. Oxon.; Boase, VI. 511; D.N.B.; Who was Who.)
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| Born: 54 Hunter St., Bloomsbury, London, , , England 8th Feb 1819 | Baptised:
| | Died: Coniston, Lancs., England 20th Jan 1900 | Buried: Coniston, Lancs., England 1900
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