Cecil Rhodes

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businessperson colonialist human imperialist politician

Cecil Rhodes was a British imperialist, businessman, and politician in southern Africa whose wealth and will established the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford.

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Label	Occurrences
Cecil Rhodes canonical	38
Cecil John Rhodes	2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson ⓘ colonialist ⓘ human ⓘ imperialist ⓘ politician ⓘ
burialPlace	Matobo National Park ⓘ surface form: Matobo Hills Zimbabwe ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1853-07-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1902-03-26 ⓘ
educatedAt	Oriel College, Oxford ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ
employer	British South Africa Company ⓘ De Beers ⓘ
endTime	1896 (Prime Minister of the Cape Colony) ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Rhodes ⓘ
fieldOfWork	colonial politics ⓘ imperial expansion ⓘ mining ⓘ
founded	British South Africa Company ⓘ De Beers ⓘ Rhodes Scholars ⓘ surface form: Rhodes Scholarship
fullName	Cecil Rhodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cecil John Rhodes
givenName	Cecil ⓘ
knownFor	British imperialism in southern Africa ⓘ control of diamond mining in southern Africa ⓘ founding Rhodesia ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
namesake	Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ surface form: Northern Rhodesia Rhodesia ⓘ Rhodesia ⓘ surface form: Southern Rhodesia
notableWork	founding of the Rhodes Scholarship ⓘ
occupation	businessman ⓘ imperialist ⓘ mining magnate ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bishop's Stortford ⓘ surface form: Bishop’s Stortford England ⓘ Hertfordshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Cape Colony ⓘ Muizenberg ⓘ present-day South Africa ⓘ
positionHeld	Prime Minister of the Cape Colony ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
residence	Cape Colony ⓘ Cape Town ⓘ Kimberley ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
startTime	1890 (Prime Minister of the Cape Colony) ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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Rhodes Scholars → foundedBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

subject surface form: Rhodes Scholar

Rhodes Trust → foundedBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Rhodes Trust → namedAfter → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Cecil → hasNotableBearer → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Victoria Falls Bridge → commissionedBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Cecil Rhodes → fullName → Cecil Rhodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cecil John Rhodes

British South Africa Company → founder → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

British South Africa Company → keyPerson → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Lobengula Khumalo → opponent → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Kimberley Mine → associatedWith → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Oriel College, Oxford → hasNotableAlumnus → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Jameson Raid → participant → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Jameson Raid → organizer → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Jameson Raid → supportedBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Siege of Kimberley → commander → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Siege of Kimberley → associatedPerson → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

British South Africa → linkedToPerson → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Round Table movement → inspiredBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Rhodes House → namedAfter → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Cape to Cairo Railway project → proposedBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

De Beers → foundedBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Muizenberg → hasNotableResident → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cecil John Rhodes

Leander Starr Jameson → workedFor → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Leander Starr Jameson → closeFriend → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Alfred Beit → businessPartner → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

First Matabele War → combatantLeader → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Pioneer Column expedition → authorizedBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Pioneer Column expedition → politicalLeader → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Royal Charter of 1889 → relatedTo → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Second Matabele War → hasCommander → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Lobengula → conflict → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Rudd Concession → brokeredBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Rudd Concession → authorizedBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Rudd Concession → usedBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Shangani Patrol incident → relatedTo → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Barney Barnato → businessRival → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

The House of Oriel → hasNotableAlumnus → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

Oriel → notableAlumnus → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

subject surface form: Oriel College, Oxford

Kaiser Wilhelm II Kruger Telegram → associatedWithPerson → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ

British South Africa Company forces → foundedBy → Cecil Rhodes ⓘ