Cecil Rhodes
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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
Rhodes c. 1890
Rhodes's birthplace, now part of Bishop's Stortford Museum; the bedroom in which he was born is marked by a plaque.
Rhodes as a boy
Rhodes at the age of sixteen
Rhodes Scholarship
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The Rhodes Scholarship is a British-based international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom. The scholarship is open to people from all backg
Cecil Rhodes
…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. The son of a vicar, Rhodes was born in Netteswell House, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. At age sixteen, his family…
The Rhodes House at the of the University of Oxford in 2025.