John Ruskin (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
John Ruskin acted in several capacities as a man of letters, writing as an aesthetician, an art historian, a poet, a writer of a fairy tale, and as the author of works on reform and economics. Born in London in 1819, he was the only child of parents who lavished upon him a great deal of wealth and affection. In addition to study at King’s College, in London, and at Christ Church College, Oxford, he traveled extensively through Europe. As early as 1837 to 1838 he wrote a series of articles on “The Poetry of Architecture” for London’s Architectural Magazine. A defense of...
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