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Encyclopedia > Ruskin College, Oxford


Ruskin College is an independent college in Oxford, founded in 1899 and named after John Ruskin. Its purpose is to allow adults without any formal qualifications to study for a variety of courses, ranging from the most basic up to postgraduate level. Although not one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, Ruskin College is centrally situated on Walton Street and has close links with the university. For example, its students may attend lectures within the university and have full access to all libraries. Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Upper: Steel-plate engraving of Ruskin as a young man, made circa 1845, scanned from print made circa 1895. ... The University of Oxford (often called Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The front of Oxford University Press on Walton Street. ...

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Principal

  • Professor Audrey Mullender
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Former academics/teachers

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Raphael Samuel (London, 1934-December 9, 1996) was a Marxist historian born to Jewish parents. ... Tom Mboya (1930 - July 1969) was a Kenyan politician during Jomo Kenyatta government. ... Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, FRS, PC (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1945 to 1951. ...

Notable former students

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To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Madhusudan Devram Mistry (born January 3, 1945) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. ... Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, PC (born 6 December 1922), is a Labour member of the House of Lords. ...

External links

  • Ruskin College website

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Ruskin, John Criticism and Essays (1363 words)
Ruskin is also considered one of the greatest prose stylists in the English language and is perhaps as well known today for the eloquence of his prose as for its substance.
Ruskin's writings on economics are similarly valued for their moral force, rather than for their importance to the study of political economy.
Ruskin's economic works are often criticized for their basis in untenable analogies between the economics of an estate and those of a nation, as well as for the same disorder and illogic that mar his aesthetic writings.
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