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Events on Saturday 20 January 1900 1
1819 – 1900John Ruskin (1819-1900)Died 20 January 1900, aged 80Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, championing painters such as J. M. W. Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites. He also wrote influential works of social and economic criticism that shaped early British socialism. He died at his home in the Lake District.