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Born February 8, 1819 • London • England
Died January 20, 1900 (aged 80) • England
Awards And Honors Newdigate Prize
Notable Works “Modern Painters” • “Praeterita” • “The Seven Lamps of Architecture” • “The Stones of Venice” • “Unto This Last”

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Ruskin, detail of an oil painting by Sir John Everett Millais, 1853–54; in a private collection.
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