John Ruskin

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John Ruskin, born on the 8th of February 1819, was a famed poet, artist, critic, social revolutionary and conservationist.

He fell in love with the Lake District when he was 5 years old on his first visit to Keswick in 1824.

Throughout his life he spent holidays in the Lake District, finally, in 1871 he bought Brantwood near Coniston. After meeting Hardwicke Rawnsley and Octavia Hill, the founders of the National Trust, Ruskin had an enormous interest in the conservation of the Lake District.

John Ruskin was one of the most prominent figures of the Victorian Age.