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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon RHODES, Cecil John Born: 1853 07 05 Died: 1902 03 26 Mining Magnate Cecil John Rhodes DCL was an English-born businessman, mining magnate, and politician in South Africa. He was the founder of the diamond company De Beers, which today markets 40% of the world's rough diamonds and at one time marketed 90%. An ardent believer in colonialism and imperialism, he was the founder of the state of Rhodesia, which was named after him. After independence, Rhodesia separated into the nations of Northern and Southern Rhodesia, later renamed Zambia and Zimbabwe, respectively. South Africa's Rhodes University is named after him. He set up the provisions of the Rhodes Scholarship, which is funded by his estate. For more information visit Wikipedia. Entries on this website related to CJ Rhodes Alexandersfontein Hotel, Kimberley Boschendal, Franschhoek Cape Explosives Works, Somerset West Central Hotel, Johannesburg De Beer's Cold Storage, Simonstown Elsenburg, Klapmuts Government House - State House, Bulawayo Groote Schuur, Cape Town Groote Schuur Zoo - Lion's Den, Cape Town House CJ Rhodes: The Woolsack, Cape Town House Currey - Welgelegen, Cape Town Kimberley Sanatorium - McGregor Museum, Kimberley Languedoc Housing for Rhodes' Fruit Farms, Franschhoek Rhodes Memorial, Cape Town Rhodes' Cottage, Muizenberg Rhone, Franschhoek Rust en Vrede, Muizenberg References Baker, H. 1934. Cecil Rhodes by his architect. London: Oxford University Press. pp All Baker, Herbert & Stead, WT. 1977. Cecil Rhodes: The Man and his Dream. Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia Publishing. pp All