Dearden, James Shackley
DEARDEN, James Shackley
DEARDEN, James Shackley. British, b. 1931. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Curator, Ruskin Galleries, Isle of Wight, 1957-96; printer, Yellowsands Press, Bembridge School, 1958-94; curator, Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria, 1959-96. Ed., Ruskin Newsletter, 1969-89; ed., Ruskin Research Series, 1979-86; director, Guild of St. George, 1979-; co-general editor, Whitehouse Edition of John Ruskin, 1994-2000. Publications: A Short History of Brantwood, 1967; Facets of Ruskin, 1970; (with K.G. Thorne) Ruskin and Coniston, 1971; John Ruskin: An Illustrated Life, 1973, rev. ed., 2004; Turner's Isle of Wight Sketchbook, 1979; John Ruskin's Camberwell, 1990; John Ruskin and Victorian Art, 1993; Ruskin, Bembridge and Brantwood, 1994; Hare Hunting on the Isle of Wight, 1996; John Ruskin, a Life in Pictures, 1999; Centenary Edition of John Ruskin's King of the Golden River, 1999; John Ruskin's Dogs, 2003. EDITOR: The Professor: Arthur Severn's Memoir of John Ruskin, 1967; J. Ruskin, Iteriad, or Three Weeks among the Lakes, 1969; (with V.A. Burd) John Ruskin's Diary for 1830, 1990. Address: 4 Woodlands, Foreland Rd, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England.