Cecil John Rhodes
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Summary
Cecil John Rhodes was born on July 5, 1853[1], in Bishop's Stortford[2]. He died on March 26, 1902[3], in Muizenberg[4]. He worked as an entrepreneur[5], politician[6], economist[7], explorer[8], and colonizer[9]. He ranks in the top 0.47% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,504 views/month, #4,679 of 1,000,298).[10]
Key Facts
- Date of birth: January 1, 1853[11]
- Date of death: January 1, 1902[12]
- Place of burial: Gwanda[13], Rhodes Grave[14]
- Country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[15]
- Occupation: patron of the arts[16], industrialist[17], businessperson[18], engineer[19]
- Field of work: diamond mining[20], politics[21]
- Position held: Member of the Privy Council of Ireland[22], Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom[23], Prime Minister of the Cape Colony[24]
- Religion or worldview: Anglicanism[25]
- Sex or gender: male[26]
- Commons category: Cecil Rhodes[27]
- Cause of death: heart failure[28]
- Residence: Kimberley[29]
- Family name: Rhodes[30]
- Given name: Cecil[31], John[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cecil Rhodes[33]
- Commons gallery: Cecil John Rhodes[34]
- Work location: Cape Town[35], England[36]
- Described at URL: https://www.factinate.com/history/when-these-historical-figures-were-alive-history-adored-them-time-exposed-their-darkness/[37]
- Political ideology: imperialism[38]
- Manner of death: natural causes[39]
- Described by source: Dictionary of National Biography, second supplement[40], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[41], The Empire and the century[42], Dictionary of African Biography[43], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[45], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[47], The New Student's Reference Work[48], Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference[49]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: English[50]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Cecil John Rhodes include Rhodes Scholarship[51], a scholarship[52], in United Kingdom[53], founded in 1902[54]; Cecil[55], an individual animal[56]; The Rhodes Colossus[57], a drawing[58]; Rhodes University[59], a public research university[60], in South Africa[61], founded in 1904[62], headquartered in Makhanda[63]; Rhodes House[64], an educational institution[65], in United Kingdom[66], founded in 1903[67]; Rhodes Must Fall[68], a protest[69], in South Africa[70]; Rhodes[71], a village[72], in South Africa[73]; and Mandela Rhodes Scholarship[74], a scholarship[75], in United Kingdom[76], founded in 2002[77].
Why It Matters
Cecil John Rhodes has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[78] He is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[79]
Entities named for him include Rhodes Scholarship[51], a scholarship[52], in United Kingdom[53], founded in 1902[54]; Cecil[55], an individual animal[56]; The Rhodes Colossus[57], a drawing[58]; Rhodes University[59], a public research university[60], in South Africa[61], founded in 1904[62], headquartered in Makhanda[63]; Rhodes House[64], an educational institution[65], in United Kingdom[66], founded in 1903[67]; and Rhodes Must Fall[68], a protest[69], in South Africa[70].
FAQs
Where was Cecil John Rhodes born?
Cecil John Rhodes was born in Bishop's Stortford[2].
Where did Cecil John Rhodes die?
Cecil John Rhodes passed away in Muizenberg[4].
What did Cecil John Rhodes do for work?
Cecil John Rhodes worked as an entrepreneur[5], politician[6], economist[7], explorer[8], and colonizer[9].