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Bookmark or Share- Cecil Rhodes - New World EncyclopediaCecil John Rhodes, PC, DCL (July 5, 1853 – March 26, 1902 was a British-born South African businessman, mining magnate, and politician. Rhodes was born in Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire and became the founder of the diamond company De Beers, which today markets 60 percent of the world's rough diamonds.
- Cecil Rhodes - WikipediaCecil 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 a racist colonialist politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896.
- Why is Cecil Rhodes such a controversial figure? - BBC NewsProtesters in South Africa are calling for a statue of Cecil Rhodes, one of the most committed imperialists of the 19th Century, to be taken down. Why does he still inspire such strong feelings?
- Cecil Rhodes | Biography, Significance, & Facts | BritannicaCecil 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 summary | BritannicaCecil 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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