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6 days ago · Cecil Rhodes - African Colonization, Imperialism, Mining: Rhodes never regarded moneymaking as an end in itself. “Painting the map red,” building a railway from the Cape to Cairo, reconciling the Boers and the British under the British flag, even recovering the American colonies for the British Empire, were all part of his dream. With those ideas in view, he first went into politics in ...
Cecil Rhodes did an extraordinary amount in his short life (1853-1902). Hugely ambitious and driven, he made an impact in many different spheres. Born in England, he arrived in South Africa in 1870, gained a little experience with his older brother on a farm in Natal, but soon migrated to the Kimberley diamond fields in 1871.
d Fall of the Roman EmpireThe Life and Legacy of Cecil RhodesWritten by Robert Calderisi (Quebec & St. s 1968) who is writing a new biography of Cecil Rhodes.LifeCecil John Rhodes was. born on July 5th 1853 in Bishop’s Stortford (Hertfordshire). Although he was already showing signs of what was to be a lifelong illness, at the age of 17, he ...
Cecil John Rhodes ( 5. heinäkuuta 1853 Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire – 26. maaliskuuta 1902 Muizenberg, Kapmaa [1]) oli eteläisessä Afrikassa vaikuttanut englantilainen liikemies ja Kapmaan pääministeri vuosina 1890−1896. Rhodes oli brittiläisen imperiumin tärkeä laajentaja, ja timanttikaupalla rikastuneena hän käytti ...
Cecil Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes, thành viên Hội đồng Cơ mật Hoàng gia Anh, tiến sĩ Luật Dân sự, (5 tháng 7 năm 1853 – 26 tháng 3 năm 1902) [1] là một doanh nhân, chính trị gia, trùm khai mỏ Nam Phi sinh tại Anh. Ông đã lập nên Công ty kim cương De Beers, ngày nay chiếm đến 40% thị trường kim ...
Cecil Rhodes (teljes nevén Cecil John Rhodes ), ( Bishop's Stortford, 1853. július 5. – Muizenberg, 1902. március 26.) angol születésű dél-afrikai közgazdász, üzletember, bányamágnás és politikus volt. Rhodes alapította meg a De Beers Consolidated Mines nevű vállalatot, amely egykoron a világ nyersgyémánt-kereskedelmének ...
In memory of Cecil Rhodes 1853-1902. Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5th July 1853, a son of Francis, vicar of Bishops Stortford in Hertfordshire, and his wife Louisa (Peacock). He joined his elder brother Herbert in the colony of Natal in South Africa and worked in the diamond fields at Kimberley.
