Ruskin

Ruskin may refer to:

Surname

• Surname Ruskin, also Russkin, Russkina, Ruskina. The name occurs especially in Russia, United States and some Asian countries.

• John Ruskin (1819–1900), an English author, poet and artist, most famous for his work as art critic and social critic, and for his writing on the architecture of Venice. A number of institutions and locations have been named after John Ruskin, including two places in the United States and one in Canada. For a short period "Ruskin" was also adopted as a forename. The name Ruskin is derived from the old given name Rose and the diminutive Kin.
• Effie Ruskin, Scottish artists' model, wife of John Ruskin
• Harry Ruskin, American screenwriter
• Ira Ruskin, American politician
• Joseph Ruskin, American character actor
• Morris Ruskin, American independent film producer and CEO
• Scott Ruskin (baseball), American baseball player
• Scott Ruskin (cricketer), English cricketer
• Sheila Ruskin, English actress
• Susan Ruskin, American film producer
• Val Rapava-Ruskin, English rugby union player
• Edward Ruskin, fictional character of the British soap opera Emmerdale Farm

Places

• Ruskin, British Columbia, Canada
• Ruskin, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
• In the United States:
  • Ruskin, Florida
  • Ruskin, Georgia
  • Ruskin, Minnesota
  • Ruskin, Nebraska
  • Ruskin Colony, a utopian socialist colony which existed in Dickson County, Tennessee from 1894 to 1899 (the Florida and British Columbia Ruskins were also Ruskinite colonies)
  • Ruskin Drive, a road in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Institutions

• Anglia Ruskin University, in Cambridge, England
• "The Ruskin", the colloquial short form for the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University
• Ruskin College, Oxford, an adult education college named after John Ruskin
• Ruskin Colleges, a group of U.S. colleges named after John Ruskin
• Ruskin Gallery, in Sheffield
• Ruskin Museum, in Coniston, Cumbria
• Ruskin Pottery, an English pottery studio in operation between 1898 and 1935
• Ruskin Hall, a residence hall at the University of Pittsburgh and a National Historic Place
• Ruskin High School (disambiguation)
• Ruskin Library; Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

Forename

• Ruskin Bond, an Indian author of British descent
• Ruskin Spear, a British painter

Other

• Ruskin Dam, in British Columbia, Canada
• Ruskin's Ride, a bridleway in Oxford, England
• A type of fried potato skin snack that's a clipped version of "russet skin", and may or may not be made from russet potato skins.