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	Cecil Rhodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cecil John Rhodes (July 5, 1853–March 26, 1902) (some sources give 3 April for his death) was an English businessman and the effective founder of the state of Rhodesia, which was named after him.
		Rhodes' policies were instrumental in the development of British imperial policies in South Africa.
		Rhodes died in 1902, and was considered at the time one of the wealthiest men in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cecil_Rhodes (1459 words)

	CECIL JOHN RHODES - LoveToKnow Article on CECIL JOHN RHODES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cecil John Rhodes was the fifth son in a large family of sons and daughters.
		Rhodes has left behind him an interesting record of the manner in which he was affected~ by the situation.
		Mr Rhodes felt himself to be fai stronger than any man in his own surroundings; he knew himself to be actuated by disinterested motives in the aims which he most earnestly desired to reach.
	73.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RH/RHODES_CECIL_JOHN.htm (3959 words)

	Cecil Rhodes Home
		Cecil Rhodes was a shrewd businessman and a great force in shaping the history of South Africa and the world.
		Rhodes was born to Francis William Rhodes and Louisa Peacock Rhodes on July 5, 1853, in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, as one of Louisa Peacock’s seven surviving sons and two daughters.
		Cecil Rhodes was the epitome of entrepreneurial spirit and British imperialism.
	www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/Africa/05/browning (1182 words)

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		Cecil Rhodes had little sympathy with other people's woes unless these found an echo in his own, and the callousness which he so often displayed was not entirely the affectation it was thought by his friends or even by his enemies.
		Rhodes solemnly assured her that they were nothing but malicious gossip, and, taking her hands in his own, he repeated that all she had heard concerning the sinister designs he was supposed to be harbouring against the independence of the Transvaal had absolutely no foundation.
		Rhodes had been convinced that a war with the Boers would last only a matter of a few weeks--three months, as he prophesied when it broke out--and he was equally sure, though for what reason it is difficult to guess, that the war would restore him to his former position and power.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/6/6/0/16600/16600-8.txt (19601 words)

	Cecil Rhodes Scholarships historical biography
		Rhodes' interest in expansionism led to his appointment in 1884 as resident deputy commissioner in Bechuanaland a territory to the north that Rhodes hoped to see attached to Cape Colony.
		Rhodes was severely censured by the British government for his involvement and forced to resign his premiership of the Cape in early 1896.
		Rhodes was in Kimberley at the time and was trapped there during a four month siege of the town by 5,000 Boer commandos.
	www.age-of-the-sage.org /historical/biography/cecil_rhodes.html (1534 words)

	MSN Encarta - Cecil Rhodes
		Rhodes was born July 5, 1853, in Bishop's Stortford, England.
		Rhodes was largely responsible for the annexation to the British Empire of Bechuanaland (now Botswana) in 1885.
		Rhodes was acquitted of responsibility for the invasion, known as Jameson's Raid, but he was censured for his role in the plot against the government of the South African Republic and was forced to resign his premiership the following month.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566082/Rhodes_Cecil_John.html (494 words)

	Cecil John Rhodes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cecil John Rhodes was the fifth son of Francis William Rhodes and his second wife, Louisa Peacock.
		The journey inspired a love of the country in Rhodes and marked the beginning of his interest in the road to the north and the northern interior itself.
		His university career engendered in Rhodes his admiration for the Oxford 'system' which was eventually to mature in his scholarship scheme: 'Wherever you turn your eye - except in science - an Oxford man is at the top of the tree'.
	www.sahistory.org.za /pages/people/rhodes-cj.htm (1007 words)

	Rhodes, Cecil John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		One of his chief benefactions was the Rhodes Scholarships to Oxford, administered by the Rhodes Trust.
		Rhodes became the prime minister, and virtual dictator, of Cape Colony in 1890.
		Although Rhodes did not approve the timing of the raid, he was so clearly implicated that he was forced to resign as prime minister in 1896.
	www.bartleby.com /65/rh/Rhodes-C.html (509 words)

	PBS : Empires : Queen Victoria : The Changing Empire : Characters : Rhodes
		Rhodes plans for the advancement of British interests in southern Africa were made possible by his vast wealth.
		Rhodes' mines went from strength to strength and in 1888, through a combination of persuasion, bullying and sharp business practice he convinced the owners of the other Kimberley mining companies to amalgamate and form Rhodes De Beers Consolidated Mines.
		Rhodes answer to this problem was a coup de main in which Rhodesian and Bechuanaland gendarmerie would enter Transvaal in support of an uitlander uprising in Johannesburg.
	www.pbs.org /empires/victoria/empire/rhodes.html (659 words)

	Cecil Rhodes
		Rhodes was the son of the vicar of Bishop's Stortford, and the family's roots were in the countryside, where Cecil Rhodes always felt at home: tree planting and agricultural improvement were among his lifelong passions, though his earliest ambition was to be a barrister or a clergyman.
		Cecil, however, was kept at home because of a weakness of the lungs and was educated at the local grammar school.
		Rhodes was impressed by the man and his methods, though less favourably by the contempt that Gordon showed for financial reward.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/dadd/1258/wbios/Rhodes.html (2809 words)

	Cecil Rhodes influence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Cecil Rhodes, the son of a clergyman, was born July 5, 1853 at Bishop Straford in Hertfordshire England.
		In 1890, Cecil Rhodes was elected Prime Minister of the Cape Colony.
		Rhodes died in South Africa in March 26, 1902 and is buried in Zimbabwe.
	www.albany.edu /~bret/critical_tools/210_fall_2000/archives/timelines/lib3/Cecil_Rhodes_influence.html (825 words)

	Africa Stage: Monica Dispatch - June 30, 1999
		Cecil John Rhodes was born in England on July 5, 1853.
		Active in local politics, by 1881 Rhodes was elected to the Cape Parliament, and by 1890 became Prime Minister.
		In 1888, Rhodes met with Lobengula, Ndebele leader and son of Mzilikazi.
	www.worldtrek.org /odyssey/africa/063099/063099monicarhodes.html (1035 words)

	Guardian Century \| 1899-1909 \| Death of Mr. Cecil Rhodes
		Rhodes died at his house near Capetown at six o'clock yesterday evening.
		Cecil Rhodes, fourth son of the Rev. F.
		Rhodes, vicar of Bishop Stortford, Herts, was born at that place on the 5th of July, 1853, and received the usual school of his class.
	century.guardian.co.uk /1899-1909/Story/0,6051,126334,00.html (322 words)

	Cecil Rhodes
		Cecil John Rhodes was born on July 5, 1853 in Bishops Stortford, England (University of Western Australia 1).
		Rhodes spent a long term serving on the parliament in Cape Colony, and was immediately elected to the prime minister of Cape Colony (University of Western Australia, 1).
		Rhodes was a man of dreams and achieved many of his goals he had set for himself, before his death in 1902.
	www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/Africa/04/Spitts/Spitts.htm (853 words)

	The Cecil Rhodes Connection
		The fact that Cecil Rhodes and Ghandi thought the embracement of Lake’s teachings to be wonderful should be an indication that this was neither good nor the true gospel.
		Cecil Rhodes, of the Rhodes/Milner Roundtable, had an ambitious goal for the extension of British dominion, control and increased wealth, not obedience to the Word of God.
		Rhodes envisages a group of the ablest and the best, bound together by common unselfish ideals of service to what seems to him the greatest cause in the world.
	www.seekgod.ca /rhodes.htm (2948 words)

	British Empire: Biographies: Cecil Rhodes
		Born the son of a vicar in 1853, Cecil Rhodes was a sickly child.
		Cecil Rhodes never lost his passion for his imperial dreams and spent much time planning and organising the colonies that were to bear his name; Rhodesia.
		Rhodes left a will that was to create one of the most successful educational endowments of all time; The Rhodes Scholarships.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /biography/rhodes.htm (637 words)

	Cecil John Rhodes
		In 1889 Rhodes incorporated the British South Africa Company and obtained a Royal Charter to explore and exploit the territory to the north of the Limpopo River, these territories would eventually become Southern and Northern Rhodesia.
		As previously mentioned, in 1890 Cecil John Rhodes became Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, however, he was implicated in the Jameson Raid of 1896, in which Dr Starr Jameson, a friend of Rhodes, attempted to overthrow the Afrikaaner Republic of the Transvaal.
		The raid failed in its aims and although Rhodes was acquitted of any responsibility for the raid, he was forced to resign his position as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony.
	rhodesian.server101.com /cecil_john_rhodes.htm (503 words)

	Rhodes Scholarship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rhodes Scholarships were created by Cecil Rhodes and have been awarded to applicants annually since 1902 by the Oxford-based Rhodes Trust on the basis of academic qualities, as well as those of character.
		When Rhodes died in 1902, his will stipulated that the greater part of his fortune was to go toward the establishment of a scholarship fund to reward applicants who exhibited worthy qualities of intellect, character, and physical ability.
		The bequest of Cecil Rhodes was whittled down considerably in the first decades after his death, as various scholarship trustees were forced to pay taxes upon their own deaths.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhodes_Scholarship (3361 words)

	NEXUS: Cecil Rhodes & Secret Societies-1
		Cecil Rhodes is better known as the founder and primary owner of the famous diamond company, De Beers; as creator of the colonies of Northern and Southern Rhodesia (now Zambia and Zimbabwe); and as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896.
		Rhodes believed the intense competition between the hundreds of small mining companies was damaging the viability of the diamond industry.
		Rhodes is said to have attended the inaugural lecture given at Oxford in 1870 by Ruskin, then Professor of Fine Arts, and to have been so inspired that he kept a copy of the lecture with him for the next 30 years, regarding it as "one of his greatest possessions" (Quigley).
	www.nexusmagazine.com /articles/Rhodes&SecretSocieties.html (4319 words)

	The life of Cecil John Rhodes
		Cecil Rhodes was born the son of the vicar of Bishops Stortford in England, 1853.
		At the age of thirteen, Rhodes was sent by his father to live with his brother Herbert, who was attempting to establish a cotton farm in Natal.
		Cecil Rhodes’ political career was blossoming at the same time, and the following year he became Prime Minister of the Cape region.
	msms.essortment.com /ceciljohnrhode_rlbo.htm (609 words)

	Additional Reading (from Cecil Rhodes) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Rhodes city, on the northern tip of the island, is the capital of the nomós (department) of Dhodhekánisos.
		Rhodes belongs to Greece and is the largest and easternmost of a group of islands called the Dodecanese.
		British statesman Robert Cecil was a longtime member of Parliament and one of the principal draftsmen of the Covenant of the League of Nations.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-6156 (856 words)

	Cecil Rhodes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Being a member of a large family, instead of attending a university, Rhodes went to South Africa in 1870 to be a farmer with his brother.
		Radziwill wrote letters in Rhodes' name, hassled him consistently, and engaged in other such activities in an attempt to promote her ideas for the empire.
		Finally, in 1895, Rhodes resigned his premiership due to the failed military attempt on Transversal by Jameson, a Rhodes appointee.
	www.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us /~bsilva/projects/scramble/rhodes.htm (571 words)

	Cecil John Rhodes, a historic profile :: Bulawayo1872.com
		Cecil John Rhodes was the son of a Hertfordshire clergyman.
		Rhodes next mission was to obtain a charter that granted the BSAC the right to operate in all Southern Africa, north of Bechuanaland (Botswana), north and west of the Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek (Transvaal), and west of the Portuguese possessions.
		Rhodes left nearly all his fortune of millions in sterling pounds to public service, of which the chief benefactions is the Rhodes Scholarships to Oxford.
	www.bulawayo1872.com /history/rhodescj.htm (973 words)

	Union College News Release 4-28-05: Cecil Rhodes Awarded the Distinguished Athletic Service Award by Union's Alumni ...
		Rhodes operated the scoreboard at Union Basketball for almost 20 years and helped the football program, working at home games in the press box, for just over 15 years after the program was re-instated in 1984.
		Cecil's wife, Betty, a 1960 alum, received her Masters of Arts in Education in 1973.
		Cecil's son, Steve, and daughter-in-law Virgena all graduated from Union, Steve in 1979 and Virgena in 1980.
	www.unionky.edu /News/05/042805_Cecil_Rhodes.asp (393 words)

	Michael Swanwick's Periodic Table of Science Fiction
		Cecil Rhodes is remembered today as a statesman, an industrialist, and a leader of men.
		Cecil John Rhodes was 17 when he arrived in South Africa.
		Rhodes and his private army marched northwards, making their own laws and declaring their own government.
	www.scifi.com /scifiction/elements/rhodium.html (288 words)

	The Will of Cecil Rhodes
		Rhodes' secret society is called the Round Table; its American branch, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), was set up just after World War I, as the headquarters moved, in effect, across the Atlantic, a move anticipated decades earlier.
		The inability of the CFR to use the threat of withholding its aid to Israel, as a lever to bring peace in the Middle East, attests to the struggle between the Hellenists and the Zionists.
		Cecil Rhodes' incredible achievements - one of the richest men in the world, the creator of the De Beers diamond empire, the founder of a new country, and the originator of the Rhodes Scholarships - were motivated by one single thing, his 'great idea'.
	users.cyberone.com.au /myers/rhodes-will.html (2817 words)

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