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Cecil John Rhodes.
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
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About Cecil John Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia, which the company named after him in 1895. He also devoted much effort to realizing his vision of a Cape to Cairo Railway through British territory. Rhodes set up the Rhodes Scholarship, which is funded by his estate.
Everything about Cecil John Rhodes →- Occupation
- entrepreneur, politician, economist, explorer
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- July 5, 1853, 1853
- Died
- March 26, 1902, 1902