'Cecil Rhodes', (1853-1902), English-born South African entrepreneur and statesman, 1894-1907. Artist: Alexander Bassano.

'Cecil Rhodes', (1853-1902), English-born South African entrepreneur and statesman, 1894-1907. Artist: Alexander Bassano.

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'Cecil Rhodes', (1853-1902), English-born South African entrepreneur and statesman, 1894-1907. Rhodes 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. From Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Alexander Bassano, attributed to: : Photographer
Subject
  1. Cecil Rhodes: British: Imperialist

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Geographic Hierarchy

World Africa South Africa Northern Cape Kimberley

  1. 28 45 00 S , 024 46 00 E

World Africa Zimbabwe

  1. 19 00 00 S , 029 00 00 E

World Africa Rhodesia

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Category Hierarchy

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2741x3562
File Size : 28,604kb


Aliases

  1. 0580031243
  1. 2-621-825
  1. 2621825

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