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Rhodes University

LC control no.n 80050412
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Corporate name headingRhodes University
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Variant(s)Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Rhodes University College
University of South Africa. Rhodes University College
Beginning date1904
Associated countrySouth Africa
LocatedGrahamstown (South Africa)
Special noteThe following heading for the earlier name is a valid AACR 2 heading: Rhodes University College
Found inRhodes University website, viewed Sep. 19, 2017: Why Rhodes, History of Rhodes (Rhodes University College; location, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape; founded by Act of Parliament on May 31, 1904, with four founding professors from St Andrew's College; it adapted the tutorial system from the Oxbridge model; its students took examinations at University of the Cape of Good Hope; it became a constituent college of the new University of South Africa in 1918; Rhodes opted to become an independent university in 1947)