Ruskin

The name Ruskin usually refers to:

Surname

• 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. The name Ruskin is derived from the old given name Rose and the diminutive Kin.

Places

• Ruskin, British Columbia, Canada

• In the United States:
  • Ruskin, Florida
  • Ruskin, Georgia
  • Ruskin, Minnesota
  • 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
• Ruskin Gallery, in Sheffield
• Ruskin Museum, in Consiton, Cumbria
• Ruskin Pottery, an English pottery studio in operation between 1898 and 1935
• Ruskin Hall, a residence hall at the University of Pittsburgh and a National Historic Place

Forename

• Ruskin Bond, an Indian author of British descent
• Ruskin Spear, a British painter

Other

• Ruskin Dam, in British Columbia, Canada
• Ruskin's Ride, a bridleway in Oxford, England