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| death_place = Muizenberg, Cape Colony<br />(now South Africa) | | death_place = Muizenberg, Cape Colony<br />(now South Africa) | ||
| restingplace = World's View,<br />Matopos Hills, Southern Rhodesia<br />(now Zimbabwe) | | restingplace = World's View,<br />Matopos Hills, Southern Rhodesia<br />(now Zimbabwe) | ||
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| nationality = British | | nationality = British | ||
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'''Cecil John Rhodes''' [[ | '''Cecil John Rhodes''' [[Wikipedia:Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902){{sfn|The Times|27 March 1902}} was a British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa, who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. An ardent believer in British imperialism, Rhodes and his [[British South Africa Company]] founded the southern African territory of [[Rhodesia (region)|Rhodesia]] (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which the company named after him in 1895. South Africa's Rhodes University is also named after him. Rhodes set up the provisions of the Rhodes Scholarship, which is funded by his estate, and put much effort towards his vision of a Cape to Cairo Railway through British territory. | ||
=== Newspaper articles === | === Newspaper articles === | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{NPG name|name=Cecil John Rhodes}} | * {{NPG name|name=Cecil John Rhodes}} | ||
* [http://www.cecilrhodes.co.za/ Cecilrhodes.co.za] | * [http://www.cecilrhodes.co.za/ Cecilrhodes.co.za] | ||
