| LC control no. | n 50044847 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rhodes, Cecil, 1853-1902 |
| Variant(s) | Rhodes, Cecil John, 1853-1902 Rods, Sesilʹ, 1853-1902 |
| Associated country | Rhodesia |
| Located | South Africa England |
| Birth date | 1853-07-05 |
| Death date | 1902-03-26 |
| Place of birth | Bishop's Stortford (England) |
| Place of death | Cape Town (South Africa) |
| Affiliation | University of Oxford De Beers Consolidated Mines British South Africa Company |
| Profession or occupation | Diplomats Businessmen Statesmen |
| Found in | Davidson, 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) |
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