Alfred Beit

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businessperson diamond magnate financier human philanthropist

Alfred Beit was a prominent 19th-century British-German diamond magnate and financier who played a major role in the development of Southern Africa’s mining industry and imperial expansion.

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Label Occurrences
Alfred Beit canonical 6

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
diamond magnate ⓘ
financier ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
associatedWith British South Africa Company ⓘ
Kimberley ⓘ
Witwatersrand ⓘ
burialPlace Hamburg ⓘ
businessPartner Cecil Rhodes ⓘ
Julius Wernher ⓘ
citizenship German Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
coFounderOf Wernher, Beit & Co. ⓘ
countryOfBirth Germany ⓘ
countryOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1853-02-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1906-07-16 ⓘ
donatedTo South African educational institutions ⓘ
University of Cape Town ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
employer Jules Porgès & Cie ⓘ
Wernher, Beit & Co. ⓘ
familyName Beit ⓘ
fieldOfWork diamond trade ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ
mining industry ⓘ
founded Alfred Beit Trust ⓘ
Beit Memorial Fellowships for Medical Research ⓘ
Beit Railway Trust ⓘ
givenName Alfred ⓘ
investedIn De Beers ⓘ
surface form: De Beers Consolidated Mines

Rand goldfields ⓘ
involvedIn British South Africa Company ⓘ
surface form: British South Africa Company enterprises

Rhodesian railway projects ⓘ
development of Kimberley diamond mines ⓘ
development of Witwatersrand gold mines ⓘ
memberOf De Beers ⓘ
surface form: De Beers Consolidated Mines
name Alfred Beit self-link ⓘ
notableFor development of Southern African mining industry ⓘ
philanthropic bequests for education and research ⓘ
role in British imperial expansion in Southern Africa ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
financier ⓘ
mining magnate ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hamburg ⓘ
placeOfDeath Tingley House, near Cobham, Surrey ⓘ
positionHeld director of De Beers Consolidated Mines ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Tingley House, near Cobham, Surrey ⓘ
surface form: Tingley House, Surrey
sibling Otto Beit ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British South Africa Company → keyPerson → Alfred Beit ⓘ
Beitbridge → namedAfter → Alfred Beit ⓘ
Beit Professor of Commonwealth History → namedAfter → Alfred Beit ⓘ
Beit Professor of Commonwealth History → endowedBy → Alfred Beit ⓘ
De Beers → foundedBy → Alfred Beit ⓘ
Alfred Beit → name → Alfred Beit self-link ⓘ