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About Cecil John Rhodes
- Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) was father of the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company and the British South Africa Company, as well as a major architect of British policy in southern Africa, founder of a university at Salisbury, Rhodesia, and a benefactor to Oxford University.
- Information on the ancestors of Cecil John Rhodes has been gleaned from trees on Ancestry.co.uk, researched by G A Hood, Muswell Hill N10 London, London, England. (Dale Popp Johnsburg, Illinois, USA)
- It would be good to verify this tree as Cecil John Rhodes was a figure of historical interest. CJB
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes
- http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/feb03b.shtml
- http://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/guide13/cecil_rhodes.html
- He was, without doubt, a British imperialist who believed in the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race.
- Rhodes Must Fall Campaign to remove his stue from UCT Campus (April 2015): http://ewn.co.za/2015/04/09/Rhodes-Must-Fall-campaign-was-a-wakeup-...
- 19 Jan 2016: Oxford Union to debate the future of controversial Rhodes statue - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/12105390/Oxford-...
- Rhodes scholarships: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Scholarship
- Ryk Hendrik Myburgh, according to information from an ancestor, was said to have accompanied Rhodes to Rhodesia, where he became Resident Magistrate and Civil Commisioner Bulawayo: Ryk Hendrik Myburgh - and the text of Rhodes' private secretary's journal here: https://archive.org/stream/cecilrhodeshispr00jouruoft/cecilrhodeshi... makes mention of Myburgh's appointment.
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Cecil John Rhodes's Timeline
| 1853 |
July 5, 1853
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Bishops Stortford, England (United Kingdom)
Free BMD Index
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| 1902 |
March 26, 1902
Age 48
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Muizenberg,South Africa
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World's View Lookout, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe
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