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Rhodes, Cecil, 1853-1902

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Personal name headingRhodes, Cecil, 1853-1902
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Variant(s)Rhodes, Cecil John, 1853-1902
Rods, Sesilʹ, 1853-1902
Associated countryRhodesia
LocatedSouth Africa England
Birth date1853-07-05
Death date1902-03-26
Place of birthBishop's Stortford (England)
Place of deathCape Town (South Africa)
AffiliationUniversity of Oxford De Beers Consolidated Mines British South Africa Company
Profession or occupationDiplomats Businessmen Statesmen
Found inDavidson, A. B. Sesilʹ Rods i ego vremi︠a︡, 1984: USSR CIP data (Sesili︠a︡ Rodsa 1853-1902)
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)