He was the son of a village schoolmaster, who spent much of his youth in Derbyshire. He was 15 when "The Nature of Gothic" first appeared in John Ruskin's Stones of Venice (1853).
He was the child of a local schoolteacher, who spent much of his childhood in Derbyshire. He was fifteen when "The Nature of Gothic" first appeared in John Ruskin's Stones of Venice (1853).