Cecil Rhodes

British South Africa’s financier, statesman, and empire builder Cecil Rhodes, full name Cecil John Rhodes, was born in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England on July 5, 1853, and passed away in Muizenberg, Cape Colony (currently South Africa), on March 26, 1902. He founded the massive diamond mining company De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. during his 1890–1996 … Read more