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Cecil Rhodes

Born

in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, The United Kingdom

July 05, 1853

Died

March 26, 1902

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Cecil John Rhodes, Privy Councilor to Queen Victoria, was a co-founder of the British South Africa Company and of De Beers Consolidated Mines, which was at the time the sole owner of all diamond mining operations in South Africa. He soon became the seventh Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, and a controversial colonialist, imperialist, Freemason, Anglo-supremacist, and supporter of the policies that developed into the apartheid system, while ultimately aiming for "the extension of British rule throughout the world".

The territory of Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe and Zambia) was named for him, and his last will established the prestigious and controversial Rhodes Scholarship, which was originally open only to white men from then-current and former ...more

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	The Last Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes; With Elucidatory Notes to Which Are Added Some Chapters Describing the Political and Religious Ideas 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“To think of these stars that you see overhead at night, these vast worlds which we can never reach. I would annex the planets if I could; I often think of that. It makes me sad to see them so clear and yet so far.”
― Cecil Rhodes, The Last Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes; With Elucidatory Notes to Which Are Added Some Chapters Describing the Political and Religious Ideas

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“Man begets, but land does not beget. ”
― Cecil Rhodes

tags: birth, overpopulation, population

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“Remember that you are an Englishman, and have subsequently drawn the greatest prize in the lottery of life.”
― Cecil Rhodes

tags: ancestry, english

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