John Ruskin
1819 to 1900
19 documented presences
17 places
Quo Fuit places 19 dated presences for John Ruskin across 17 places, from 1823 to 1900. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 to 20 January 1900) was an English polymath a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where John Ruskin was documented, and when
1823year
South Londonattested
“He later wrote: Ruskin's childhood was spent from 1823 at 28 Herne Hill (demolished ), near the village of Camberwell in South London.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1835year
Veniceattested
“He developed a lifelong love of the Alps, and in 1835 visited Venice for the first time, that 'Paradise of cities' that provided the subject and symbolism of much of his later work.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1836year
King's College Londonattested
“Ruskin heard Dale lecture in 1836 at King's College, London, where Dale was the first Professor of English Literature.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1848year
Normandyattested
“The European Revolutions of 1848 meant that the newlyweds' earliest travels together were restricted, but they were able to visit Normandy, where Ruskin admired the Gothic architecture.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1849year
Alpsattested
“Effie was too unwell to undertake the European tour of 1849, so Ruskin visited the Alps with his parents, gathering material for the third and fourth volumes of Modern Painters.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
December 1850month
Leamington Spaattested
“During a six-week break at Leamington Spa to undergo Dr Jephson's (1798–1878) celebrated salt-water cure, Ruskin wrote his only work of fiction, the fable The King of the Golden River (not published until December 1850 (but imprinted 185…”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1851year
Veniceattested
“Ruskin had been in Venice when he heard about Turner's death in 1851.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1857 to 1879period
Fine Art Societyattested
“Ruskin's own work was very distinctive, and he occasionally exhibited his watercolours: in the United States in 1857–58 and 1879, for example; and in England, at the Fine Art Society in 1878, and at the Royal Society of Painters in Water…”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1857 to 1879period
United Statesattested
“Ruskin's own work was very distinctive, and he occasionally exhibited his watercolours: in the United States in 1857–58 and 1879, for example; and in England, at the Fine Art Society in 1878, and at the Royal Society of Painters in Water…”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1857 to 1879period
Englandattested
“Ruskin's own work was very distinctive, and he occasionally exhibited his watercolours: in the United States in 1857–58 and 1879, for example; and in England, at the Fine Art Society in 1878, and at the Royal Society of Painters in Water…”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1857 to 1879period
Royal Societyattested
“Ruskin's own work was very distinctive, and he occasionally exhibited his watercolours: in the United States in 1857–58 and 1879, for example; and in England, at the Fine Art Society in 1878, and at the Royal Society of Painters in Water…”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
April 1864month
Bradfordattested
“He spoke at the British Institution on 'Modern Art', the Working Men's Institute, Camberwell on "Work" and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich on 'War.' Ruskin's widely admired lecture, Traffic, on the relation between taste and moralit…”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
April 1864month
British Institutionattested
“He spoke at the British Institution on 'Modern Art', the Working Men's Institute, Camberwell on "Work" and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich on 'War.' Ruskin's widely admired lecture, Traffic, on the relation between taste and moralit…”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1867year
University of Cambridgeattested
“In addition to this, Ruskin "threw himself into" personal work for the Defence, "enlisting recruits, persuading waverers, combating objections." Ruskin lectured widely in the 1860s, giving the Rede lecture at the University of Cambridge…”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
August 1869month
1871year
1874year
1875 to 1885period
20 January 1900exact date
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Places John Ruskin is documented in
University of Oxford2 presences · 1869 to 1871Venice2 presences · 1835 to 1851Alps1 presence · 1849England1 presence · 1857Florence1 presence · 1875King's College London1 presence · 1836Normandy1 presence · 1848Royal Society1 presence · 1857Sicily1 presence · 1874United States1 presence · 1857University of Cambridge1 presence · 1867
Bradford1 presence · 1864
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1825year
Francementioned
“As early as 1825, the family visited France and Belgium.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
August 1829month
Lakesmentioned
“His first publication was the poem "On Skiddaw and Derwent Water" (originally entitled "Lines written at the Lakes in Cumberland: Derwentwater" and published in the Spiritual Times) (August 1829).”
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August 1829month
Cumberlandmentioned
“His first publication was the poem "On Skiddaw and Derwent Water" (originally entitled "Lines written at the Lakes in Cumberland: Derwentwater" and published in the Spiritual Times) (August 1829).”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1830year
Lake Districtmentioned
“Family tours took them to the Lake District (his first long poem, Iteriad, was an account of his tour in 1830) and to relatives in Perth, Scotland.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1830year
Perth, Scotlandmentioned
“Family tours took them to the Lake District (his first long poem, Iteriad, was an account of his tour in 1830) and to relatives in Perth, Scotland.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1833year
Strasbourgmentioned
“Their continental tours became increasingly ambitious in scope: in 1833 they visited Strasbourg, Schaffhausen, Milan, Genoa and Turin, places to which Ruskin frequently returned.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1833year
Flandersmentioned
“Much of Ruskin's own art in the 1830s was in imitation of Turner, and of Samuel Prout, whose Sketches Made in Flanders and Germany (1833) he also admired.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1834year
Peckhammentioned
“From 1834 to 1835 he attended the school in Peckham run by the progressive evangelical Thomas Dale (1797–1870).”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1836year
University of Oxfordmentioned
“In Michaelmas 1836, Ruskin matriculated at the University of Oxford, taking up residence at Christ Church in January of the following year.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1836year
Christ Church, Oxfordmentioned
“In Michaelmas 1836, Ruskin matriculated at the University of Oxford, taking up residence at Christ Church in January of the following year.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1840 to 1842period
Italymentioned
“For much of the period from late 1840 to autumn 1842, Ruskin was abroad with his parents, mainly in Italy.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
April 1840month
University of Oxfordmentioned
“In April 1840, whilst revising for his examinations, he began to cough blood, which led to fears of consumption and a long break from Oxford travelling with his parents.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1842year
University of Oxfordmentioned
“Back at Oxford, in 1842 Ruskin sat for a pass degree, and was awarded an uncommon honorary double fourth-class degree in recognition of his achievements.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1844year
Chamonixmentioned
“Ruskin toured the continent with his parents again during 1844, visiting Chamonix and Paris, studying the geology of the Alps and the paintings of Titian, Veronese and Perugino among others at the Louvre.”
source: Wikipedia: John Ruskin
1844year
10 April 1848exact date
November 1849month
1853year
1853year
1855 to 1875period
24 May 1856exact date
24 May 1856exact date
24 May 1856exact date
1857year
Documented at the same place, the same year
John ConstableRoyal Institution · 1836Friedrich von AmerlingRoyal Institution · 1836Ann RadcliffeSouth London · 1823Isambard Kingdom BrunelSouth London · 1823Samuel Butler (novelist)British Institution · 1864Franz Xaver WinterhalterBritish Institution · 1864Charles George GordonBritish Institution · 1864Alfred SisleyLondon · 1857Princess Beatrice of the United KingdomLondon · 1857J. P. MorganLondon · 1857Heinrich BarthLondon · 1857Charles Scott SherringtonLondon · 1857
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