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John Ruskin was a prominent 19th-century art critic, social thinker, and writer, renowned for his influential works on art, architecture, and society, particularly his defense of the Pre-Raphaelites and critique of industrialism's impact on aesthetics and ethics.

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The public map records this plaque for John Ruskin. Its recorded inscription reads: To the glory of God and in honour of John Ruskin. Psalm LXXVIII. That they might set their hope in God and not forget but keep his Commandments who brought streams also out of the rock.

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