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The name Ruskin usually refers to:
*'''[[John Ruskin]]''' (1819-1900), an English author, poet and artist, most famous for his work as art critic and social critic, and for his writing on the architecture of Venice.
A number of institutions and locations have been named after John Ruskin, including two places in the [[United States]] and one in [[Canada]]. For a short period "Ruskin" was also adopted as a forename.
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==Places==
*[[Ruskin, British Columbia]], Canada
In the United States:
*[[Ruskin, Florida]]
*[[Ruskin, Georgia]]
*[[Ruskin, Nebraska]]
*[[Ruskin Colony]], a utopian socialist colony which existed in Dickson County, Tennessee from 1894 to 1899 (the Florida and British Columbia Ruskins were also Ruskinite colonies)
==Institutions==
*[[Anglia Ruskin University]], in Cambridge, England
*"The Ruskin", the colloquial short form for [[The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art]], Oxford University
*[[Ruskin College, Oxford]], an adult education college named after John Ruskin
==Forename==
*[[Ruskin Bond]], an Indian author of British descent
*[[Ruskin Spear]], a British painter
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