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Cecil Rhodes, English-born South African entrepreneur and statesman, c1901. Artist: Anon
Cecil Rhodes, English-born South African entrepreneur and statesman, c1901. Rhodes (1853-1902) made his fortune in the Kimberley diamond mines, and formed De Beers Consolidated Mines in 1888. As Managing Director of the British South Africa Company, he administered a territory roughly equivalent to the modern nation of Zimbabwe (previously known as Rhodesia after Rhodes). Rhodes became Prime Minister of the Cape Colony in 1890, but resigned in 1896 when his role in instigating the Jameson Raid into the Transvaal came to light In his will he left funds to found the Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford University for Germans and Americans.
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4127px × 4234px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1900s
19th century
20th century
Ann Ronan Pictures
Anon
anonymous
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
BRITISH EMPIRE
Businessman
Cecil J Rhodes
Cecil John
CECIL JOHN RHODES
Cecil Rhodes
Colonialism
Commerce
country
Desk
Diamond
Education
empire builder
England
English
ENTREPRENEUR
event
Furniture
IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALIST
Industry
Jameson Raid
JOB
LOCATION
Male
Man
Men
Mine (Mining)
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OCCUPATION
People
Photograph
Politician
Politics
Portrait
POSING
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
RHODES
Rhodes scholarship
Seated
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICAN