Cecil John Rhodes (/ ˈsɛsəl ˈroʊdz / SES-əl ROHDZ; 5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) [2] was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony …

Cecil Rhodes, financier, statesman, and empire builder of British South Africa. He was prime minister of Cape Colony (1890–96) and organizer of the giant diamond-mining company De Beers Consolidated …

Aug 7, 2025 · Gold and diamond-mining magnate, railway and telegraph entrepreneur, coloniser of swathes of southern Africa, and prime minister of the Cape Colony, in the 1890s he was one of the …

The English businessman and financier Cecil Rhodes founded the modern diamond industry and controlled the British South Africa Company, which acquired Rhodesia and Zambia as British …

Who was Rhodes? Portrait of Cecil Rhodes by Edward Rowntree. Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) was a figure who divided opinion even in his own lifetime.

That man was Cecil Rhodes, who founded the colonies of Southern and Northern Rhodesia, renamed Zambia in 1964 and Zimbabwe in 1980. Born in 1853 at Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire, Cecil …

Rhodes was born in Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire and became the founder of the diamond company De Beers, which today markets 60 percent of the world's rough diamonds. At one time De …

May 8, 2024 · Cecil John Rhodes is a historical figure who has generated huge amounts of debate, not just in South Africa, where he lived much of his life, but across much of the Anglosphere, where his …

Jul 31, 2025 · Who was Cecil Rhodes? A new biography describes the businessman and imperialist behind the global protest movement

Cecil Rhodes (5 July 1853 - 26 March 1902) was an English -born South African businessman and politician. He was the son of an Anglican vicar. He came from an English grammar school and at the …