Description Artist, critic, thinker, social radical, John Ruskin was one of the most important writers of the 19th century.
To celebrate the bicentenary of his birth in 1819, Ruskin and His Contemporaries sets his life and work in the context of his times and proves their relevance to the present day.
About the Author Robert Alwyn Petrie Hewison is a British cultural historian.
He was educated at Bedford School, Ravensbourne College of Art and Des.