John Ruskin

English writer and art critic (1819–1900).

Born February 8th, 1819 in London. [ref]

Died January 20th, 1900 at 80 years old in Coniston. [ref]

Occupations
aesthetician, architect, art critic, art historian, daguerreotypist, journalist, literary critic, painter, philosopher, poet, sociologist, university teacher, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde