Rhodes, Cecil, 1853-1902
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Name (Hebrew)
רודס, ססיל, 1853-1902
Name (Latin)
Rhodes, Cecil, 1853-1902
Other forms of name
nna Rhodes, Cecil John, 1853-1902
Rods, Sesilʹ, 1853-1902
Date of birth
1853-07-05
Date of death
1902-03-26
Associated country
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Occupation
Businessmen
Diplomats
Statesmen
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed March 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Rhodes, Cecil; diplomat, businessman; born 05 July 1853 in Bishop's Storford, England; sent to live with his brother in South Africa (1870); became a diamond prospector; studied at the University of Oxford (1973-1881); served at the Cape Colony Parliament (1881-1902); founded De Beers Consolidated Mines and monopolized the diamond production of Kimberley (1888); granted a charter to incorporate the British South Africa Company (1889); controlled what are now Zimbabwe and Zambia - the area was named Rhodesia in his honor (1894-1923); became prime minister of Cape Colony (1890); supported a conspiracy by British settlers in the South African Republic (1895); forced to resign his premiership and devoted himself to the development of Rhodesia; died 26 March 1902 in Cape Town, South Africa)
- Davidson, A. B. Sesilʹ Rods i ego vremi︠a︡, 1984:USSR CIP data (Sesili︠a︡ Rodsa 1853-1902)