[PAR] [TLE] John Ruskin [SEP] John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist.  He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.  His writing styles and literary forms were equally varied.  Ruskin also penned essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale.  The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art was later superseded by a preference for plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively.  In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society.  He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, and architectural structures and ornamentation. [PAR] [TLE] Ruskin Colony [SEP] The Ruskin Colony (or Ruskin Commonwealth Association) was a utopian socialist colony which existed near Tennessee City in Dickson County, Tennessee from 1894 to 1896.  The colony moved to a slightly more permanent second settlement on an old farm five miles north from 1896 to 1899, and saw another brief incarnation near Waycross, in southern Georgia, from 1899 until it finally dissolved in 1901.  Its regional location within the Southern United States set it apart from many other similar utopian projects of the era.  At its high point, the population was around 250.  The colony was named after John Ruskin, the English socialist writer.  A cave on the colony's second property in Dickson County still carries his name.  The site of the colony's second settlement in Dickson County is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
[PAR] [TLE] John Ruskin [ SEP ] John Ruskin ( 8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900 ) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era , as well as an art patron , draughtsman , watercolourist , a prominent social thinker and philanthropist . He wrote on subjects as varied as geology , architecture , myth , ornithology , literature , education , botany and political economy . His writing styles and literary forms were equally varied . Ruskin also penned essays and treatises , poetry and lectures , travel guides and manuals , letters and even a fairy tale . The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art was later superseded by a preference for plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively . In all of his writing , he emphasised the connections between nature , art and society . He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks , plants , birds , landscapes , and architectural structures and ornamentation . [PAR] [TLE] Ruskin Colony [ SEP ] The Ruskin Colony ( or Ruskin Commonwealth Association ) was a utopian socialist colony which existed near Tennessee City in Dickson County , Tennessee from 1894 to 1896 . The colony moved to a slightly more permanent second settlement on an old farm five miles north from 1896 to 1899 , and saw another brief incarnation near Waycross , in southern Georgia , from 1899 until it finally dissolved in 1901 . Its regional location within the Southern United States set it apart from many other similar utopian projects of the era . At its high point , the population was around 250 . The colony was named after John Ruskin , the English socialist writer . A cave on the colony 's second property in Dickson County still carries his name . The site of the colony 's second settlement in Dickson County is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Was the namesake of the Ruskin Colony alive when the colony was founded?
Was the namesake of the Ruskin Colony alive when the colony was founded ?
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900)
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900)