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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) [2] was an English mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896.
In his 2008 book Legacy: Cecil Rhodes, the Rhodes Trust and Rhodes Scholarship (Yale University Press), biographer and historian Philip Ziegler writes that "The advent of women does not seem notably to have affected the balance of Scholars among the various professions, though it has reduced the incidence of worldly success." Although it is ...
Imperialist and entrepreneur Cecil Rhodes was instrumental in securing the southern states of the continent for the British Empire and envisioned a continuous "red line" of British dominions from north to south. A railway would be a critical element in this scheme to unify the possessions, facilitate governance, enable the military to move ...
Georgetown University Professor and Council on Foreign Relations archivist Carroll Quigley published what he regarded as documented proof that the Round Table Group was the front for a secret society for a global conspiracy of control set up by Cecil Rhodes named the Society of the Elect [10] to implement Rhodes's plan (detailed in his will) to ...
Cecil Rhodes, the founder of the British South Africa Company, got his start by renting water pumps to miners during the diamond rush that started in 1869, [15] [16] when an 83.5 carat diamond called the 'Star of South Africa' was found at Hopetown near the Orange River in South Africa.
Cecil Rhodes. In 1889 Sir Henry Loch was appointed high commissioner and governor of Cape Colony after succeeding Sir Hercules Robinson. In 1890 Sir Gordon Sprigg, the premier of the colony, resigned, and a government under Rhodes was formed. Prior to the formation of this ministry, and while Sir Gordon Sprigg was still in office, Hofmeyr had ...
The governing body of Oriel College said it will not take down the monument at this stage.
This is a list of Rhodes Scholars, covering notable people who have received a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford since its 1902 founding, sorted by the year the scholarship started and student surname. All names are verified using the Rhodes Scholar Database. This is not an exhaustive list of all Rhodes Scholars.