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| Professor of Fine Art, Oxford, for 12 years; actively involved with Working Men's College, London; critic of the educational system of the time which he saw as being based on competition; | Barnard, H. C. , 1961 |
| saw education as an end itself and not merely a means to progress in life; | Barnard, H. C. , 1961 |
| Start | end | description |
|---|---|---|
| 1819 | Birth of Ruskin | |
| 1900 | Death of Ruskin |