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Ruskin (given Name)
Ruskin is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Ruskin Bond (born 1934), Indian author of British descent * Ruskin Fernando (1916–1974), Ceylonese businessman and politician * Ruskin Mark (born 1957), Trinidadian cricketer * Ruskin Spear (1911–1990), British painter and art teacher See also * Ruskin (surname) Ruskin, also Russkin, Russkina, Ruskina, is a surname can be of English, Scottish, French, Danish, German or Jewish origin which occurs especially in Russia, United States and some Asian countries. People * Effie Ruskin (1828–1897), Scottish art ... {{given name Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author. His first novel, ''The Room on the Roof'', published in 1956, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Bond has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which includes 69 books for children. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for ''Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra''. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. Life Bond was born on 19 May 1934 in Kasauli, Punjab States Agency, British India. His father, Aubrey Alexander Bond, who was British, was born in a military camp in Shahjahanpur, a small town in north India. His mother, Edith Clarke, was Anglo-Indian. His father taught English to the princesses of Nawanagar State, Jamnagar palachise, and Bond and his sister Eldlen lived there till he was six. Later, his father joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 and Bond, along with his mother and sister, went to live at his maternal home at Dehradun. Shortly after that, he was sent to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruskin Fernando
Merennage Maurice Ruskin Fernando (12 December 1916 – 1974) was a Ceylonese businessman and politician. He founded Lanka Weaving Mills and the Velona Group of Companies, one of the largest apparel manufacturers in the island. He was elected from the Moratuwa electorate from the United National Party to the House of Representatives defeating Meryl Fernando Weerahennedige Theodore Wilfred Meryl Fernando (18 April 1923 – 27 May 2007) was a Ceylonese teacher, trade unionist, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Fernando was born on 18 April 1923. He was educated at Prince ... in the 1960 March general elections. He was defeated in the 1960 July general elections by Meryl Fernando and was re-elected in the 1965 general elections defeating Meryl Fernando. He was in tune defeated in the 1970 general elections by Meryl Fernando The Ruskin Island in the Bolgoda lake, which was once owned by Ruskin Fernando is now named after him along with the Ruski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruskin Mark
Ruskin Mark (born 13 December 1957) is a Trinidadian cricketer. He played in eleven first-class matches for Trinidad and Tobago from 1975 to 1979. See also * List of Trinidadian representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team in the West Indies. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all th ... References External links * 1957 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago cricketers {{Trinidad-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruskin Spear
Ruskin Spear, CBE, RA (30 June 1911 – 16 January 1990) was an English painter and teacher of art, regarded as one of the foremost British portrait painters of his day. He is the father of Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band member Roger Ruskin Spear. Biography Early life and education Born in Hammersmith to a working-class family, Spear was the youngest of five children. Spear contracted polio at the age of two, and later attended the local Brook Green (PD) School, a London County Council school for the "Physically Defective". Awarded an LCC scholarship to the Hammersmith School of Art, Spear followed on with studies at the Royal College of Art, where he later was made a Royal Academician and tutor. Spear attended the local art school before going on to the Royal College of Art in 1930. Teaching He began his teaching career at Croydon School of Art, later teaching at the Royal College of Art from 1948 to 1975, where his students included Sandra Blow. Art Initially influence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruskin (surname)
Ruskin, also Russkin, Russkina, Ruskina, is a surname can be of English, Scottish, French, Danish, German or Jewish origin which occurs especially in Russia, United States and some Asian countries. People * Effie Ruskin (1828–1897), Scottish artists' model, wife of John Ruskin * Harry Ruskin (1894–1969), American screenwriter and lyricist * Ira Ruskin (1943–2014), American politician * John Ruskin (1819–1900), English polymath, author, poet and artist * Nardwuar, born John Ruskin in 1968, Canadian journalist and musician * Joseph Ruskin (1924–2013), American character actor born Joseph Richard Schlafman * Mickey Ruskin (1933–1983), restaurateur who owned Max's Kansas City, a New York City nightclub/restaurant, and other restaurants * Morris Ruskin (born 1962), American independent film and television producer and entrepreneur * Pamela Ruskin (1920–2010), Australian freelance journalist * Scott Ruskin (baseball) (born 1963), American baseball player * Scott Ruski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |