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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.
5 days ago · 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).
- Christopher Montague Woodhouse
5 days ago · Cecil Rhodes - African Colonization, Imperialism, Mining: Rhodes never regarded moneymaking as an end in itself. “Painting the map red,” building a railway from the Cape to Cairo, reconciling the Boers and the British under the British flag, even recovering the American colonies for the British Empire, were all part of his dream.
- Christopher Montague Woodhouse
May 8, 2024 · Cecil John Rhodes is a historical figure who has generated huge amounts of debate, not just in South Africa, where he lived much of his life, but across much of the Anglosphere, where his name continues to bear considerable weight and influence.
- Greg Beyer
Mar 26, 2015 · Learn about the life and legacy of Cecil John Rhodes, a British businessman, imperialist and politician who colonized Zimbabwe and dreamed of a Cape to Cairo railway. Explore his early years, his achievements, his controversies and his quotes.
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.
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Written by Robert Calderisi (Quebec & St Peter’s 1968) who is writing a new biography of Cecil Rhodes. Life. born on July 5th 1853 in Bishop’s Stortford (Hertfordshire). Although he was already showing signs of what was to be a lifelong illness, at the age of 17, he joined his elder brother Herbert in South Africa, first on a.
