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John Ruskin

Born in 1819, John Ruskin was a much respected art critic, traveller, writer and artist. A late contemporary and fan of J.M.W. Turner, Ruskin travelled to many places in continental Europe and Britain which had inspired this most celebrated of artists - including locations in the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District.

John Ruskin is particularly associated with Kirkby Lonsdale, where nearby he declared a panorama over the river as being "one of the loveliest views in England, and therefore the world". This viewpoint is now known as "Ruskin's View".

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