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John Ruskin

Born on February 8, 1819

207

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The 208th anniversary falls on February 8, 2027, in 106 days.

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

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