Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes PC 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, 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,...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 July 1853
The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton. (on why he left England for South Africa)