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John Ruskin was born on 8 February, 1819 in London, England, is an English writer and art critic (1819–1900). Discover John Ruskin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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Occupation writer
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 8 February 1819
Birthday 8 February
Birthplace London, England
Date of death 1900
Died Place Coniston, Lancashire, England
Nationality London, England

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John Ruskin Height, Weight & Measurements

At 81 years old, John Ruskin height is 5' 10" (1.78 m) .

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Who Is John Ruskin's Wife?

His wife is Effie Gray (m. 1848-1854)

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John Ruskin Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is John Ruskin worth at the age of 81 years old? John Ruskin’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from London, England. We have estimated John Ruskin's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1781

His wife, Margaret Cock (1781–1871), was the daughter of a publican in Croydon.

She had joined the Ruskin household when she became companion to John James's mother, Catherine.

John James had hoped to practise law, and was articled as a clerk in London.

His father, John Thomas Ruskin, described as a grocer (but apparently an ambitious wholesale merchant), was an incompetent businessman.

1785

His father, John James Ruskin (1785–1864), was a sherry and wine importer, founding partner and de facto business manager of Ruskin, Telford and Domecq (see Allied Domecq).

John James was born and brought up in Edinburgh, Scotland, to a mother from Glenluce and a father originally from Hertfordshire.

1809

John James and Margaret were engaged in 1809, but opposition to the union from John Thomas, and the problem of his debts, delayed the couple's wedding.

1818

They finally married, without celebration, in 1818.

1819

John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art historian, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era.

He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.

Ruskin was heavily engaged by the work of Viollet le Duc which he taught to all his pupils including William Morris, notably Viollet le Duc's Dictionary which he considered as "the only book of any value on architecture".

Ruskin's writing styles and literary forms were equally varied.

He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale.

He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, architectural structures and ornamentation.

The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art gave way in time to plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively.

In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society.

Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 at 54 Hunter Street, Brunswick Square, London (demolished 1969), south of St Pancras railway station.

His childhood was shaped by the contrasting influences of his father and mother, both of whom were fiercely ambitious for him.

John James Ruskin helped to develop his son's Romanticism.

They shared a passion for the works of Byron, Shakespeare and especially Walter Scott.

1823

Ruskin's childhood was spent from 1823 at 28 Herne Hill (demolished c. 1912), near the village of Camberwell in South London.

1832

To save the family from bankruptcy, John James, whose prudence and success were in stark contrast to his father, took on all debts, settling the last of them in 1832.

1838

They visited Scott's home, Abbotsford, in 1838, but Ruskin was disappointed by its appearance.

Margaret Ruskin, an evangelical Christian, more cautious and restrained than her husband, taught young John to read the Bible from beginning to end, and then to start all over again, committing large portions to memory.

Its language, imagery and parables had a profound and lasting effect on his writing.

He later wrote:

"She read alternate verses with me, watching at first, every intonation of my voice, and correcting the false ones, till she made me understand the verse, if within my reach, rightly and energetically."

1843

Ruskin first came to widespread attention with the first volume of Modern Painters (1843), an extended essay in defence of the work of J. M. W. Turner in which he argued that the principal role of the artist is "truth to nature".

1850

From the 1850s, he championed the Pre-Raphaelites, who were influenced by his ideas.

His work increasingly focused on social and political issues.

1860

Unto This Last (1860, 1862) marked the shift in emphasis.

1864

John James died on 3 March 1864 and is buried in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, Shirley, Croydon.

1869

In 1869, Ruskin became the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford, where he established the Ruskin School of Drawing.

1871

In 1871, he began his monthly "letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain", published under the title Fors Clavigera (1871–1884).

In the course of this complex and deeply personal work, he developed the principles underlying his ideal society.

As a result, he founded the Guild of St George, an organisation that endures today.

Ruskin was the only child of first cousins.

1960

After a period of relative decline, his reputation has steadily improved since the 1960s with the publication of numerous academic studies of his work.

Today, his ideas and concerns are widely recognised as having anticipated interest in environmentalism, sustainability and craft.

2019

Ruskin was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and up to the First World War.