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    Cecil John Rhodes (/ˈsɛsəl ˈroʊdz/ SES-əl ROHDZ; 5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was an English mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served...
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    most prestigious international scholarship programs. Its founder, Cecil John Rhodes, wanted to promote unity among English-speaking nations and instill...
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  • Statue of Cecil Rhodes may refer to: Statue of Cecil Rhodes, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Statue of Cecil Rhodes, Company's Garden, Cape Town, South Africa Statue...
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    metal plaque with a portrait of Cecil Rhodes; underneath is the inscription: In this house, the Rt. Hon Cecil John Rhodes kept academical residence in the...
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    against a statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that commemorates Cecil Rhodes. The campaign for the statue's removal received global attention and...
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  • Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902) was a British mining magnate and politician. Cecil Rhodes may also refer to: Cecil Rhodes (rugby league) (1901–1966), Australian...
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    located on South Parks Road in central Oxford, and was built in memory of Cecil Rhodes, an alumnus of the university and a major benefactor. It is listed Grade...
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  • film about his life Cecil Rhodes (disambiguation) Disambiguation of "Cecil Rhodes" Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer Fender Rhodes piano, an electric...
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  • Cape Town (1829). Rhodes was founded in 1904 as Rhodes University College, named after Cecil Rhodes, through a grant from the Rhodes Trust. It became a...
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    decreased to 63%. The company was founded in 1888 by British businessman Cecil Rhodes, who was financed by the South African diamond magnate Alfred Beit and...
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    Punch magazine in 1892. The cartoon depicts British business magnate Cecil Rhodes as a giant straddling over Africa holding a telegraph line grounded at...
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    South African politician Cecil John Rhodes (1853 – 1902), was designed by architect Herbert Baker and finished in 1912. Rhodes was a mining magnate, founder...
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  • Music and Dramatic Art but left in 1996 to play the role of a young Cecil Rhodes in Rhodes. He went on to appear in films such as Kull the Conqueror and The...
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    colonial administrator Leander Starr Jameson, under the employment of Cecil Rhodes. It involved 500 British South Africa Company police and was launched...
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    The Statue of Cecil John Rhodes in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is a bronze sculpture of the British colonialist, businessman and politician who was the founder...
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    the Bubye Valley Conservancy. Cecil was named after the British businessman, politician and mining magnate Cecil Rhodes, as was the namesake country of...
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    of Mr. Cecil Rhodes". The New York Times. 13 April 1902. Retrieved 4 July 2009. "Dalham Village Hall Commemoration Plaque by Colonel Frank Rhodes". Archived...
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    1938.: 13  In 1927, Oppenheimer managed to gain control of the late Cecil Rhodes' De Beers empire, building and consolidating the company's global monopoly...
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    by the Rozvi and Mutapa empires. The British South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes demarcated the Rhodesia region in 1890 when they conquered Mashonaland...
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    Treasurer-General in Cecil Rhodes's government from 1890 to 1893, but he resigned when the 1893 "Logan Scandal" revealed the degree of corruption in Rhodes's business...
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    Cecil Rhodes King (January 13, 1898 – March 17, 1974) was an American businessman and politician. King, a Democrat, served as the first member of the United...
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    October 1844 – 15 November 1916) was the main business associate of Cecil Rhodes. He was born at Hamworth Hall, Norfolk, the son of Henry Rudd (1809–1884)...
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  • According to Quigley, the leaders of this group were Cecil Rhodes and Alfred Milner from 1891 until Rhodes' death in 1902, Milner alone until his own death...
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  • Cecil Rhodes (12 August 1906 – February 1990) was an English cricketer active from 1937 to 1938 who played for Lancashire. He was born in England and died...
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    Africa is made most famous by Cecil Rhodes. Along with Lord Milner, the British colonial minister in South Africa, Rhodes advocated such a "Cape to Cairo"...
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    the oldest in Zimbabwe, established in 1926 as Rhodes Matopos National Park, a bequest from Cecil Rhodes. The original park borders extended well to the...
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    Africa from the 1870s up to World War I. He was known as a rival of Cecil Rhodes. Barney Barnato was born Barnet Isaacs in Aldgate, London, on 21 February...
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    and staff members, demanded and obtained the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes that stood at the entrance to the campus. Erected in 1934 in gratitude...
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    November 2009. Flint, John E. (1976). Cecil Rhodes (1st ed.). Little Brown & Company. ISBN 0-316-28630-3. "MR. RHODES'S IDEAL OF ANGLO-SAXON GREATNESS; Statement...
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  • Secret Society: Cecil John Rhodes's Plan for a New World Order is a 2015 book by Robin Brown. The Secret Society examines Cecil Rhodes, his life and the...
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