British South Africa Company

former mining and colonial enterprises company
Organization colonial_society Q918320
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British South Africa Company

Summary

British South Africa Company is a colonial society[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of colonial_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,511 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • British South Africa Company is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • British South Africa Company's instance of is recorded as colonial society[4].
  • British South Africa Company's founder is recorded as Cecil John Rhodes[5].
  • British South Africa Company's founder is recorded as Alfred Beit[6].
  • British South Africa Company's headquarters location is recorded as London[7].
  • British South Africa Company's Commons category is recorded as British South Africa Company[8].
  • British South Africa Company's industry is recorded as trade[9].
  • British South Africa Company's industry is recorded as mining[10].
  • British South Africa Company's industry is recorded as colonialism[11].
  • 1889 marks the founding of British South Africa Company[12].
  • British South Africa Company was dissolved in 1965[13].
  • British South Africa Company's parent organization or unit is recorded as Charterland and General Exploration and Finance[14].
  • British South Africa Company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:British South Africa Company[15].
  • British South Africa Company's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16].
  • British South Africa Company's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • British South Africa Company's replaces is recorded as Matabele kingdom[18].
  • British South Africa Company's replaced by is recorded as Rhodesia[19].
  • British South Africa Company's owner of is recorded as Rhodesia Railways Trust[20].
  • British South Africa Company's significant person is recorded as Cecil John Rhodes[21].

Body

Founding

Founders include Cecil John Rhodes[5] and Alfred Beit[6]. 1889 marks the founding of British South Africa Company[12].

Operations

British South Africa Company's headquarters location is recorded as London[7]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Charterland and General Exploration and Finance[14].

Industry

Industries include trade[9], mining[10], and colonialism[11].

Dissolution

British South Africa Company was dissolved in 1965[13].

Why It Matters

British South Africa Company ranks in the top 8% of colonial_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,511 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  3. 9w ago · 本日晴天 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry trade, mining, colonialism
    Founder Cecil John Rhodes, Alfred Beit
    Dissolved
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date +1965-00-00T00:00:00Z
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