Barnett Isaacs

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Barnett Isaacs, better known as Barney Barnato, was a prominent British Randlord and diamond magnate who made his fortune in South Africa’s Kimberley diamond fields in the late 19th century.

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instanceOf 19th-century businessman
British Jew
Randlord
South African mining magnate
businessperson
diamond magnate
financier
human
politician
alsoKnownAs Barney Barnato NERFINISHED
birthName Barnett Isaacs NERFINISHED
burialPlace Willesden Jewish Cemetery NERFINISHED
businessPartner Alfred Beit NERFINISHED
Cecil Rhodes NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath drowning
suicide
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1851-02-21
dateOfDeath 1897-06-14
ethnicGroup Jewish
fieldOfWork diamond mining
finance
gold mining
hasRelative Harry Barnato NERFINISHED
industry diamond industry
gold industry
mining industry
knownFor rapid rise from poverty to wealth
rivalry and later merger with Cecil Rhodes
role in consolidation of South African diamond industry
memberOf Cape Colony House of Assembly NERFINISHED
notableAchievement co-founder of De Beers Consolidated Mines
notableWork development of Kimberley diamond fields
development of Witwatersrand gold fields
occupation company director
diamond dealer
member of parliament
mining entrepreneur
placeOfBirth England
London, England
surface form: London

Whitechapel NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath at sea
near Madeira
positionHeld Member of the Cape Parliament
religion Judaism
residence Cape Colony NERFINISHED
Johannesburg NERFINISHED
Kimberley NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

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Barney Barnato fullName Barnett Isaacs