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Cecil John Rhodes (/ ˈ s ɛ s əl ˈ r oʊ d z / SES-əl ROHDZ; 5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was an English mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896.
Apr 4, 2024 · Cecil Rhodes, financier, statesman, and empire builder of British South Africa. He was prime minister of Cape Colony (1890–96) and organizer of the giant diamond-mining company De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. (1888). By his will he established the Rhodes scholarships at Oxford (1902).
Cecil Rhodes - African Colonization, Imperialism, Mining | Britannica. Home Politics, Law & Government World Leaders Prime Ministers. Political involvement in Africa of Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes never regarded moneymaking as an end in itself.
Mar 26, 2015 · Cecil John Rhodes. A British Businessman in South Africa, Member of Parliament in the Cape Colony, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, imperialist, acquired a British Royal Charter, formed the British South African Company (BSAC) that colonized Zimbabwe. The Early Years.
Apr 1, 2015 · 1 April 2015. Boer War. ALAMY. By Justin Parkinson. BBC News Magazine. Protesters in South Africa are calling for a statue of Cecil Rhodes, one of the most committed imperialists of the 19th...
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Cecil Rhodes . Cecil Rhodes, (born July 5, 1853, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, Eng.—died March 26, 1902, Muizenberg, Cape Colony), Financier, statesman, and empire builder of British South Africa. Rhodes grew up in the English countryside and in 1871 was sent to assist his brother ...
Sep 19, 2021 · The kaiser and the paperweight: how Cecil Rhodes helped inspire the first world war. The German monarch’s imperial ambitions were fuelled by the British colonialist – as the story behind a...
