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John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic (died 1900)

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John Ruskin

English writer and art critic (1819–1900)

John Ruskin was an English polymath – a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, political economy, education, museology, geology, botany, ornithology, literature,…
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February 8

Day of the year

February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 326 days remain until the end of the year.
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